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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... -
13 July 2011 - 7:42pmIn West and Central Africa, the daily numbers of migrants returning from Libya have fallen since the end of June. According to IOM, by 5 July, an estimated 188,000 people from 19 countries in West and Central Africa, especially from Niger and Chad, have now returned to their countries of origin.... -
12 July 2011 - 8:07pmIn Mindanao, the floods in Cotabato City and parts of Maguindanao have begun to recede, especially in areas away from the rivers. However, according to OCHA Sitrep No. 8, many large villages along the rivers remain flooded. Five people died in Northern Mindanao in landslides caused by continuous rains in...
