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  • Nepal: Preparing for an earthquake in the Kathmandu Valley
    21 May 2013 - 9:46am
    In 1934, the fault line than runs beneath the Kathmandu valley slipped. The magnitude 8.4 earthquake that followed destroyed more than 80,000 buildings and claimed 8,500 lives. It was the last earthquake to shake the city of Kathmandu and surrounding valley. Almost 80 years later, UN agencies and the...
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  • Sudan: Old crisis, new challenges in Darfur
    20 May 2013 - 9:17am
    United Nations Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos is visiting Sudan from 20 to 23 May 2013. She will visit the region of Darfur where a shrinking humanitarian community has led to deteriorating services for hundreds of thousands of people living in camps. Darfur has been in a state of crisis for ten years,...
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  • DPRK: Humanitarian agencies concerned about decline in funding
    17 May 2013 - 9:53am
    Humanitarian agencies in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have warned that a lack of funding is limiting their ability to meet the most pressing needs of people and communities. Over the past decade the UN and its partners have seen a dramatic reduction in donor support to one of the...
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  • Yemen: “Dramatic humanitarian situation” could erode political...
    16 May 2013 - 2:09pm
    Yemen’s chronic humanitarian crisis threatens to undermine recent moves towards political stability, warned the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Ismail OuldCheikh Ahmed. Speaking at a press conference in Geneva today (16 May), Mr Ahmed said that efforts to bring stability to the country...
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  • Myanmar: Relocations must continue ahead of Cyclone Mahasen, urges UN
    15 May 2013 - 4:45pm
    As the people and Government of Myanmar brace themselves for Cyclone Mahasen, the Humanitarian Coordinator in Myanmar, Mr. Ashok Nigam, has called for the prompt relocation of everyone who will be affected. “People who will be severely affected by the cyclone need to be urgently supported to move...
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