Rapports

UN Hurricane Mitch Information Center UN Inter-Agency Transitional Appeal The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) launched today a UN Inter-Agency appeal to raise funds for the continuing relief needs and immediate rehabilitation requirements of the people…

Hurricane Mitch was the storm of the century--a hurricane of water and mud, triggered by ten days of intense rain. Across much of Honduras and parts of Nicaragua, rivers burst banks, hillsides collapsed, bridges vanished, roads were cut and…

Le 30 novembre, une enquête de deux journalistes français remettait en question le bilan humain du cyclone Mitch qui serait " beaucoup moins meurtrier qu'on l'a cru ", en particulier au Honduras. Le nombre de morts et de disparus a-t-il été…

Le 30 novembre, une enquête de deux journalistes français remettait en question le bilan humain du cyclone Mitch qui serait " beaucoup moins meurtrier qu'on l'a cru ", en particulier au Honduras. Le nombre de morts et de disparus a-t-il été…

New York, Dec. 3, 1998 -- With earlier relief shipments now arriving by sea, Lutheran World Relief is sending more funds for grassroots aid efforts and will soon help fly donated medicines to Honduras. The medicines, being donated by pharmaceutical firms…

In an effort to cover the continuing humanitarian relief needs and immediate rehabilitation requirements in five countries of Central America following the devastating Hurricane Mitch, the United Nations today presented donors with a Transitional Appeal for $ 153 million for…

STATEMENT BY MR. ROSS MOUNTAIN, ASSISTANT EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR AND DIRECTOR, OCHA-GENEVA. Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. First of all, let me welcome you to this donor information meeting. This is a follow-up, as you know, to the meeting we held…

TABLE OF CONTENTSI. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY II. OVERVIEW 1. Transitional appeal for continuing relief needs and immediate rehabilitation 2. International approach to coordinate support for reconstruction 3. Rationale for the United Nations Inter-Agency Transitional Appeal III. BACKGROUND 1. The regional impact of Hurricane…

PORTLAND -- NIKE has donated $20,000 in cash and pledged more than $120,000 worth of clothing and shoes to World Vision for hurricane relief efforts in Central America. Footwear, warm-ups, jackets, pants, shorts and T-shirts are among the items already…

I. Epidemiological Situation, Epidemic Risk, II. Damages to health infrastructures: No epidemic of communicable diseases Only sporadic cases of cholera, dengue, leptospirosis and malaria No established relationship between the hurricane and an increasing in incidence. Continuing risk of epidemic of prevalent vector…