Mine Action The UN Mine Action Coordination Centre (MACC) reports that 405 indivdual cluster bomb strike locations have been identified. It is estimated the total number of strikes locations may...
Press releases and statements
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Press releases and statements
Lebanon
News and Press ReleaseOCHA Media Factsheet on Lebanon - 1 Sep 2006
Sudan
News and Press ReleaseSudan: Joint UNMIC-OCHA press release on death of ICRC humanitarian worker
United Nations Condemns Killing of Aid Worker in Darfur Khartoum, 31st August - The United Nations strongly condemns the death of another humanitarian worker in the increasingly unstable region of...
Sri Lanka
News and Press ReleaseHumanitarian agencies in Sri Lanka need $37.5 million for emergency activities
(Geneva and New York: 30 August 2006): Against the backdrop of renewed conflict, which has newly displaced more than 200,000 people in the north and east of the country, the Inter-Agency Standing...
Lebanon
News and Press ReleaseOCHA Media Factsheet on Lebanon - 30 Aug 2006
13 people have been killed and 46 injured due to unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Lebanon since the cessation of hostilities in 14 August. UXO and other ammunitions continue to be the biggest threat to...
Nepal
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations aid in response to Nepal floods
(New York: 29 August 2006): Heavy monsoon rains have caused floods affecting 13 districts in the mid- and far-western regions of Nepal, particularly affecting the districts of Banke and Bardiya...
Uganda
News and Press ReleaseEmergency Relief Coordinator welcomes cessation of hostilities between Uganda and Lord's Resistance Army
(New York: 28 August 2006): Welcoming the signing on Saturday of an official cessation of hostilities between the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army, Jan Egeland, United Nations...
Lebanon
News and Press ReleaseOCHA Media Factsheet on Lebanon - 25 Aug 2006
1,187 dead and 4,060 wounded (Lebanese Higher Relief Council (HRC)) Estimated 30,000 homes damaged or destroyed, one quarter of them in southern suburbs of Beirut. Estimated $3.6 billion worth of...
Lebanon + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseOCHA Media Factsheet on Lebanon - 24 Aug 2006
1,183 dead and 4,059 wounded (Lebanese Higher Relief Council (HRC)) More than 250,000 Lebanese remain displaced (HRC). An estimated 5,000 are in the area of Chouf and 1,300 in Aley (UNHCR), while 952...
Ecuador
News and Press ReleaseUN aids Ecuador in wake of volcanic eruption
(New York: 23 August 2006): The United Nations is assisting the Government of Ecuador to respond to the needs created by the recent eruption of the Tungurahua volcano, in central Ecuador...
Lebanon
News and Press ReleaseOCHA Media Factsheet on Lebanon - 23 Aug 2006
1,184 dead and 4,059 wounded (Lebanese Higher Relief Council (HRC)) More than 150,000 Lebanese have returned from Syria (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)) 90 per...