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21 May 2013 - 9:46amIn 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... -
20 May 2013 - 9:17amUnited 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,... -
17 May 2013 - 9:53amHumanitarian 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... -
16 May 2013 - 2:09pmYemen’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... -
15 May 2013 - 4:45pmAs 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...
