Rapports

Geneva, 6 October 2009 Brief description of the Emergency: Since 8 September 2009 heavy rains and flood waters have inundated 39 communes in 6 districts of Kompong Thom Province. On 29 September at 1:00 am local time or 08:00 GMT,…

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No.1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid 1, and in particular Article 2(a) and Article 13 thereof; Whereas: (1) After…

Summary Conventionally, floods and flooding are perceived as geophysical hazards within a common framework of natural disasters that also covers storms and hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides and tsunami. In each case, socioeconomic losses and damage increase…

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM CWS SITUATION REPORT: CAMBODIA FLOODING SITUATION: Monsoon rains related to Typhoon Ketsana, which affected the Philippines, have hit Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Effects are particularly strong in Cambodia, where CWS Cambodia reports that…

Phnom Penh, August 4, 2009 - Today the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the World Bank signed a US$ 13 million agreement to support Cambodia's poorest and most vulnerable people by strengthening food security and social safety nets. The…

Press Release No:2010/022/EAP Washington, DC, July 9, 2009 - When high food prices hit Cambodia in 2008, the country's poorest and most vulnerable people were hit hard - highlighting weaknesses in existing smallholder agricultural production systems and throwing an estimated…

We, the Heads of State/Government of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), namely Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic…

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Over 68,000 of Cambodia's poorest families have received emergency food assistance following the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Directors' approval of the project last month. Food distribution has been supervised by independent NGO monitors. "This assistance is making…

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide Cambodia's poorest families with $35 million in emergency food assistance as they struggle to cope with rising food and fuel prices. Poor families living around the Tonle Sap Lake, and in…

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