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  • Somalia: United Nations declares famine in two regions
    20 July 2011 - 10:49pm
    On 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...
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  • ERC Amos calls for strengthening of humanitarian partnerships
    20 July 2011 - 2:32am
    ERC 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...
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