(New York: 24 September 2004): In Haiti, 40 tons of food were distributed continued yesterday led by CARE with MINUSTAH Argentinean troops providing security at two distribution points. Water and...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
Grenada + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseAid efforts continue in Haiti, Grenada
Haiti
News and Press ReleaseHaiti: Human disaster is preventable, says Chief of Disaster Reduction Secretariat
IHA/951 (Reissued as received.) GENEVA, 24 September (OCHA) - "Vulnerabilities have been allowed to grow in Haiti to the extent that any natural hazard inevitably leads to great tragedy", said...
Bangladesh
News and Press ReleaseUN aids Bangladesh in aftermath of massive flooding
(New York: 23 September 2004) - UN humanitarian agencies continue to bring aid to Bangladesh as heavy rains continue in the aftermath of the August's massive flooding, the worst that country suffered...
Haiti
News and Press ReleaseDeath toll rises in Haiti
IHA/949 NEW YORK, 23 September (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- In Gonaives, Haitian Civil Protection estimates the total deaths currently at 1,013 and 1,200 missing. United...
Haiti
News and Press ReleaseUN responds to needs in flood-stricken Haiti
(New York: 22 September 2004) - The first part of a 7-member UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team arrives in flood-stricken Haiti today. The second part of the team arrives tomorrow...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseSomalia: United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator warns of impending disaster in Lower Juba Valley
Nairobi (22nd September 2004) - The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr Maxwell Gaylard, has requested the combatant's forces currently fighting in the Lower Juba Region to immediately cease...
Liberia
News and Press ReleaseOCHA welcomes Liberia's significant steps to protect its citizens
(New York: 22 September 2004) - Today, Mr Charles Gyude Bryant, the Chairman of the National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) will take the historic action of signing, ratifying and acceding...
Haiti + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseUN agencies help storm-struck Haiti and Dominican Republic
(New-York/Geneva 21 Sept 2004) - In the wake of devastating storms in the Caribbean, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) reports that at least 500 people lost their lives and...
Grenada + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseUN aids Jamaica, Grenada in aftermath of hurricanes
NEW YORK, 20 September (OCHA) -- In Grenada and Jamaica, United Nations agencies are rushing to meet emergency needs created by hurricanes that devastated the Caribbean last week. In Jamaica, United...
Grenada + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseUN aids Jamaica, Grenada in aftermath of hurricanes
IHA/945 NEW YORK, 20 September (OCHA) - In Grenada and Jamaica, United Nations agencies are rushing to meet emergency needs created by hurricanes that devastated the Caribbean last week. In Jamaica,...