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NACIONES UNIDAS COMISIÓN ECONÓMICA PARA AMéRICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE - CEPAL LC/MEX/L.363 3 de noviembre de 1998 Evaluación de su impacto y necesidades de rehabilitación, mitigación y prevención ante las alteraciones climáticas (RESUMEN) Costa Rica es, como la mayor parte de los…

Situation: Hurricane Mitch's week-long path of destruction through Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala has left thousands dead and disappeared, hundreds of thousands homeless, and devastation to homes, infrastructure and production that will leave these countries struggling to recover for years.…

The ACT Co-ordinating Office is continuing to work closely with ACT members throughout the countries of central America which have been devastated by the effects of Hurricane Mitch one week ago, followed by the human catastrophe caused by the…

NEWS RELEASE Media Contact: Beth Schaefer, News & Information Officer Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370 MIAMI, FLORIDA -- With almost all water in the affected region now unsafe to drink, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Nicaragua…

(Communicated by the Foreign Ministry Spokesman) The Foreign Ministry decided today (Tuesday), 3.11.98, to send emergency aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua in response to the damage that they have suffered to both life and property as a…

WASHINGTON -- The United States is providing $3.5 million in disaster assistance to Central American countries affected by Hurricane Mitch. The bulk of the aid -- about $2.3 million -- is slated for Honduras, which has suffered the brunt…

DN: IP/98/953 Date: 1998-11-03 Brussels, 30 October 1998 - The European Commission has cleared humanitarian aid worth ECU 400,000 for victims of the tropical storm Mitch. The aid, managed by the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), will enable…

LLUVIAS CONTINUARAN Las constantes lluvias que afectan nuestro país producto de la influencia de un sistema de baja presión que se formó ayer en el Mar Caribe, han provocado inundaciones y deslizamientos en varios comunidades, situación que persistirá mientras las…

ACT responding in Central America Geneva, November 3, 1998 Following the devastating destructions, floods and mud slides of the Tropical Depression "Mitch", ACT members in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Costa Rica are responding to immediate emergency needs. More than 7,000…

For further information contact: Daniel Epstein, tel (202) 974-3459, fax (202) 974-3143, Office of Public Information, PAHO. Washington, November 3, 1998 The Pan American Health Organization has issued an emergency appeal for $1.5 million for immediate aid to the health sector in…