Informes

AFR/984, IHA/921 NEW YORK, 2 July (OCHA) - Slow progress in Liberia's reconstruction is due to the failure of donors to contribute the $540 million they pledged at a donors' conference in New York in February 2004, according to the…

KEY ISSUES OF CONCERN Powell visits Darfur The US Secretary of State Colin Powell travelled to Sudan on 29 June 2004 on a one-day visit and met government officials before travelling to the Abu Shouk IDP camp in North Darfur. Polio…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries. For…

Press Release [No. SEGL3/F/32/04] Tunis, 30 June 2004 - Sierra Leone is re-establishing water supply basic services after eleven years of civil war. Backed by the African Development Fund (ADF), whose Board of Directors today approved a new grant in…

MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS Spontaneous returns Liberian refugees continue to return home spontaneously from various countries in the region. Current estimates indicate that over 50,000 have returned since December 2003. UNHCR has registered more than 15,000 from Sierra Leone; 40% have ended up…

Food security is worrying in some Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) countries The food security situation in most of the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) is worrying. The recently concluded long-rains season in the equatorial sector of…

Oxfam is expanding its presence in Sudan and Chad, constructing thousands of latrines and providing clean drinking water and washing facilities for more than 200,000 people. One million people have been forced to leave their homes in Darfur, Western Sudan,…

18-25 June 2004 A. GENERAL SITUATION Highlights High-level UNSC delegation visits Liberia A 14 - member High-level United Nations Security Council delegation is in the West African sub region on a 10-day fact-finding mission with a view to ensuring high-level commitment to ending conflicts…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: This report updates the last situation report dated May 7, 2004. BACKGROUND For more than 20 years, Sudan has been…

AM NABAK, June 18 (UNHCR) - Aid agencies have started sending aid to thousands of Sudanese refugees who have gathered at a site in eastern Chad where UNHCR is planning to build a camp. On Friday, the UN refugee agency…