Reports

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: The last situation report was dated March 25, 2003. BACKGROUND The Tutsi minority, which represents 14 percent of Burundi's 6.85…

Monrovia, Liberia August 6, 2003: Action Against Hunger today released a report about the nutritional and food security situation in the Monrovia, capital of Liberia. The report reflects the disastrous nutritional situation in the city where the price of…

New York - Responding to reports of starvation, cholera, other illnesses, and a dire call for medical supplies, humanitarian agency Church World Service (CWS) announced today that it will airlift a shipment on Thursday (8/7) of emergency food and…

AFR/686, IHA/792 United Nations humanitarian agencies requested $69 million in emergency assistance for Liberia this morning at Headquarters, with Secretary-General Kofi Annan saying, "The logic of this emergency appeal is simple: without urgent action more lives will be lost." In a message…

Episcopal Relief and Development continues to provide emergency assistance to the Diocese of Liberia following weeks of violence and the growing risk of starvation for thousands of Liberians. Heavy fighting in Monrovia over the past two weeks has killed hundreds…

With the first contingent of Nigerian peacekeepers now on the ground in Liberia, United Nations and other relief agencies are taking advantage of a lull in the violence to rush food and medical supplies to hundreds of thousands of…

This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Further information can be found on the UNHCR website, www.unhcr.ch, which should also be checked for regular media…

HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 1. Implementation of new malaria treatment protocol UN World Health Organisation (WHO) organised a meeting on the 30 July 2003 with Health partners involved in the implementation of the new malaria treatment protocol. Partners were informed that two manufacturers have…

Abidjan, 5 August 2003 - As the first contingent of peacekeepers arrive in Monrovia, WFP is dramatically scaling-up its relief operation to avert a humanitarian tragedy in the Liberian capital. A specially chartered supply ship left Abidjan for the Monrovian coast…

ABIDJAN - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced that a specially-chartered supply ship will sail from Abidjan today destined forLiberia, where it will play a crucial role in efforts to avert a humanitarian tragedy in the capital,…