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23 July 2011 - 1:45am28 July 2011 marks the first anniversary of the 2010 floods in Pakistan - one of the world’s most devastating natural disasters in recent times. Nearly a fifth of the country was flooded, affecting over 20 million people and resulting in some 14 million people in need of humanitarian aid. Livestock... -
20 July 2011 - 10:49pmOn 20 July, at a press conference in Nairobi, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mark Bowden, declared that famine exists in two regions of southern Somalia: southern Bakool and Lower Shabelle. Across the country, nearly half of the Somali population – 3.7 million people – are now in... -
20 July 2011 - 2:32amERC Valerie Amos opened this year’s ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment on 19 July in Geneva, and called on UN Member States to help strengthen coordination and partnerships to improve humanitarian response in a changing world. The event is a key annual opportunity for countries and partners to... -
16 July 2011 - 3:41amToday Valerie Amos, the Emergency relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, briefed United Nations Member States on the situation in the Horn of Africa. Noting that more than 10.7 million people across the region urgently need help, Valerie Amos emphasized the fact that the... -
16 July 2011 - 2:29amThe United Nations completed its second inter-agency humanitarian assessment mission to the Libyan port city of Misrata on 14 July, which has seen some of the worst fighting over the past months. Though aspects of normalcy have returned to Misrata, fighting continues in the area and the city remains...
