Reports

Press release: EXT 1999/015 Luxembourg, 25 May 1999 - The European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union's (EU) long-term financing institution, is lending EUR 35 million to the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), the region's supranational financial institution established…

OAS Secretary General César Gaviria will be among those gathering in Stockholm, Sweden, from May 25 to 28 for a meeting of the Consultative Group for Reconstruction and Change in Central America. The opening ceremony will be addressed by…

Rebuilding Central America, from our house to your house When Hurricane Mitch struck Central America last October, the tragedy was immense - over 9,000 people killed, thousands more missing, more than 1,000,000 people left homeless. Hundreds of devastated communities in Honduras and…

International NGO gathering and consultative group meeting on Central America in Stockholm as preparation to the recontruction and transformation of Central America The Swedish organisation Forum Syd organised an International NGO Gathering on 23-25 May. Participants included representatives of Central American…

TEXT: WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT ON SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS FOR CENTRAL AMERICA (More than $950 million in disaster relief approved) (740) WASHINGTON -- U.S. assistance to hurricane-ravaged countries in Central America and the Caribbean will increase by nearly $1,000 million, following congressional approval…

USAID FACT SHEET PRESS OFFICE Contact: Laura Gross or Jessamyn Sarmiento WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congress approved an additional $621 Million for USAID reconstruction projects in Central America, the Caribbean, and Colombia. All supplemental funds are to be expended within two years…

CENTRAL AMERICA - WFP BULLETIN # 15 HURRICANE MITCH EMERGENCY WFP Managua May 7, 1999Note for Users: The Bulletin is prepared by the OLC Regional Bureau in Managua based on inputs from the Country Offices in Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and…

NEWS RELEASE Media Contact: Beth Schaefer, News & Information Officer Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370 TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS-The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) recently presented two VaxiCool portable, solar, ice-free, vaccine refrigeration units to the Honduran First Lady Mary Flakes…

By Eric Green, USIA Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government and the American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) have agreed to work together on a pilot project to help replant the forests in Honduras that were devastated by Hurricane…

appeal no. 02/99 situation report no. 1 period covered: February- April 1999 Although pockets of emergency relief needs are still being addressed, the operations are now moving into the rehabilitation phase, despite issues such as land titles and macro-institutional…