Rapports

An article in the last issue of Field Exchange presented a review of the approaches that agencies and others use for identifying micronutrient deficiencies. The review had been commissioned by WHO and illustrated the many gaps that persist in…

January to June 2000PART I. GREAT LAKES REGION AND CENTRAL AFRICA **1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY** The humanitarian situation in the Great Lakes Region (GLR) continues to deteriorate as political and military activities take precedence in the priorities of the…

JANUARY - DECEMBER 2000 November 1999 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The current humanitarian situation in the Great Lakes Region (GLR) and Central Africa is worsening. The fragility of the peace process is apparent as violence against civilian population continues and…

JANUARY - DECEMBER 2000 November 1999 FOREWORD This Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal was prepared before the tragic events of 12 October 1999 when two United Nations staff members were killed in an ambush in Rutana Province in southeastern Burundi, along…

JANUARY - JUNE 1999THE IMPLICATIONS OF ANY EXTERNAL CHANGES ON THE HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMME The humanitarian situation in the Great Lakes Region continued to deteriorate. The regional war being fought in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…

January - December 1999 OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Context The humanitarian suffering which has plagued Burundi for several years did not diminish significantly in 1998. More than half a million people continue to live…