Évaluations

Country Stability and Forceful Events (relative) Risk Assessment: The situation in Afghanistan has changed from the past year. Last winter we could observe a decline in the number of Forceful Events associated with an increase of the Country…

Risk Assessment: Kashmir's Country Stability kept rising until January and started declining from February onwards, whereas the Forceful Events indicator was developing exactly opposite. The positive development of Country Stability and the receding intensity of Forceful Events had started during…

Vatican City, 29 May 2006 - The death toll in Indonesia continued to climb over the weekend as search and recovery teams sifted through the rubble following the 6.3 magnitude earthquake, which struck undersea off the coast of Yogyakarta,…

M.J. Abbasi-Shavazi and D. Glazebrook Overview This briefing paper highlights the case of Afghans living in Iran, their current livelihoods and their processes of decision-making associated with returning to Afghanistan. It looks at living conditions in Iran and the return intentions…

Risk Assessment: Since December 2005, Country Stability fell down to a very low level compared to previous months. Accordingly, the curve of Forceful Events rose to new heights. Most of this destabilization in Pakistan has been caused by the events…

Risk assessment The sharp dips and rises of the graph represent the turbulence of the events in Nepal over the last six months. Country Stability slides sharply downward in January, remains at a low level during February and March and…

After discussing details on the Mt. Merapi volcano preparedness and contingency plan on 20 April 2006 with MOH, a joint rapid assessment team composed of representatives' from MOH, Gadjan Mada University and EHA, WHO was formulated to conduct rapid…

Introduction In Pakistan, the October 8 earthquake left widespread destruction in the AJK and eastern NWFP. Many people especially women and children were killed, thousands were handicapped and millions became homeless. It hit hard the already fragile economy of the…

27 March, 2006 Bonn, Germany - Thank you very much and good afternoon. Minister Erler, thank you for your remarks and your introduction. Moderator Kausch, my friend Jan Egeland, Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for coming here today. I thank…

Afghanistan What's happening in Afghanistan? 23 years of conflict have left 400,000 people displaced and the country struggling with high levels of poverty, poor nutrition and limited access to medical services and education. Severe consecutive droughts and chronically cold and severe winters…