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HUD No. 99-97 Further Information: In the Washington, DC area: 202/708-0685 Or contact your local HUD office TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - U.S Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo and U.S. Special Envoy for the Americas Buddy MacKay today announced an…

SG/T/2182 19990602 The Secretary-General began his official visit to Sweden on the morning of 25 May, with an address to a donors' conference on Central America called to address two themes -- the unfinished political and human rights agendas of…

Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch, MERLIN is completing the construction and rehabilitation of wells and rainwater harvesting systems to supply rural health centres and the main hospital in Gracias a Dios province. Working with the Ministry of Health on…

Introduction The civil conflict in Colombia has been epitomized by gross human rights violations that have increased dramatically over the past two decades. International human rights groups have repeatedly singled out right-wing paramilitary organizations as being the…

From Caribbean News Issue No. 25: May 1999 A massive Red Cross relief effort continues to reach thousands of people still suffering from the onslaught of Hurricane Georges which hit the Caribbean in late September. In the Dominican Republic B the…

Participants stressed the need not only for political leadership, but also for a broad involvement by civil society in the region. The decentralization and strengthening of administrative capacities at local levels were said to be high priorities, together with the…

INTRODUCTION From May 27-29, 1999, a Workshop on Implementing the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement was held in Bogota, Colombia. The Guiding Principles constitute the first international standards specifically tailored to the needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs), encompassing prevention, protection…

Introduction In order to promote increased citizen participation, El Salvador recently created a Commission for National Development. The mandate of this commission was to identify thematic priorities and propose a methodology for the preparation of a National…

At closing of Consultative Group meeting in Stockholm chaired by the Inter-American Development Bank The Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank today confirmed a level of commitments of up to $5.3 billion to the five Central American Countries, for…

Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) performance Secretariat of the Japan Disaster Relief Team The following is a report on emergency flood relief (provision of relief supplies) authorized for delivery to the Republic of Peru: 1. Emergency Situation Heavy amounts of rain began falling…