Reports

The Vice-President of ECOSOC opened the session with his introductory remarks which were followed by the screening of a video from the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), entitled 'Natural Disasters: Myths and Realities. Following the screening, the Vice-President gave the floor…

Press Release ECOSOC/5915 New technologies could provide more accurate information, facilitate communication, and permit the monitoring of emergency conditions and impact, Andrew Maskrey, Senior Adviser, Emergency Response Division, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), told the Economic and Social Council this afternoon,…

Over 70 million world wide have visited this pioneering click-to-donate site SEATTLE The Hunger Site, the world's leading "click to donate" web site celebrates its first anniversary this month. Designed to make it easy to help fight world hunger everyday, The…

This report includes: A) Mozambique floods B) Ethiopia - crop failure C) India - Orissa floods relief and recovery operation D) Venezuela - flood relief operation E) Other natural disaster relief operations. From Jean-Jacques Graisse, Assistant Executive Director. Available on the…

ROME - A dangerous shift in the way wars are being fought has triggered huge new demands for food aid, but it is uncertain that donors will be able to meet these demands in the new century, Catherine Bertini,…

This report includes: A) Venezuela floods B) Indonesia - East Timor C) Angola D) Sudan E) East Africa: Burundi and Tanzania. From Jean-Jacques Graisse, Assistant Executive Director. Available on the Internet on the WFP Home Page at http://www.wfp.org/ or by electronic…

Venezuela Floods Torrential rains which hit the northern coastal areas of the country caused extensive flooding and landslides. Over 200,000 people from the country's 23 million population are estimated to have become homeless as a result of the devastation caused.…