Reports

GA/10867 Sixty-fourth General Assembly Plenary 14th & 15th Meetings (AM & PM) Assembly Also Decides to Convene High-Level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation in Nairobi, from 1 to 3 December In the General Assembly today, Member States threw their support…

Appeal No. MAA00029 with links to the following appeals: No. MAA00040 - Disaster Management: Operational Technical Advice No. MAA00021 - Disaster Policy and Preparedness No. MAA00024 - International Disaster Response Tools No. MAA00019 - Shelter No. MAA00028 - Logistics No. MAA00004 - International Disaster Response Laws, Rules…

Also Discusses Work of Ad Hoc Advisory Groups on African Countries Emerging from Conflict and Empowerment of Women in Countries Emerging from Conflict The Economic and Social Council this afternoon discussed the long-term programme of support for…

Statement of Jon C. Brause, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance U.S. Agency for International Development Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health U.S. House of Representatives Thank you Mr. Chairman and distinguished members…

IP/09/404 Brussels, 13 March 2009 This Friday 13 March the European Commission and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries (ACP) Group signed a cooperation agreement for a total of €2.7 billion. Thanks to this global agreement, funded via the 10th European…

IP/09/404 Bruxelles, 13 Mars 2009 La Commission européenne alloue un montant de 2,7 milliards d'euros aux pays d'Afrique, des Caraïbes et du Pacifique afin de répondre aux défis globaux du développement. La Commission européenne et le groupe des pays d'Afrique, des Caraïbes…

This year has seen hundreds of weather-related catastrophes, including the cyclone in Myanmar, floods in India, hurricanes in the Caribbean and drought in Ethiopia. As climate change means a dramatic rise in the numbers of people being affected by natural…

High-Level Conference on CERF set for 4 December 2008 The annual High-Level Conference on CERF will be held on Thursday, 4 December 2008. The event will take place in the Economic and Social Council Chamber at United Nations headquarters in New…

(Extract) Zimbabwe With the ban on agencies involved in humanitarian and development work recently lifted in Zimbabwe, long-time Church World Service partner Christian Care is scaling up its response to the food crisis there. The crisis stems from the collapse of the economy,…

FEWS NET overviews For an analysis of conditions in Southern Africa, see back page ETHIOPIA: While the start of the green harvest in crop producing areas has modestly improved food security, southern and south eastern Ethiopia remain highly to extremely food…