An account of a media mission and its findings in the drought affected country Dushanbe - September 2000 A group of some twenty journalists, representing major international media, arrived in...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
Tajikistan
News and Press ReleaseTajikistan - The yellow planet
Afghanistan
News and Press ReleaseAssistance underway in Northeastern Afghanistan
Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 29 September 2000 - The United Nations today called on all parties to the conflict in northeast Afghanistan to ensure the...
Tajikistan
News and Press ReleaseThe UN warns of famine looming in Tajikistan: $ 76 million needed to provide life-saving assistance to 1.2 million people affected by drought
Dushanbe 18 September 2000 The United Nations yesterday appealed for an additional US $ 76.6 million to address the most urgent needs of the drought-affected population of Tajikistan. Three million...
Cambodia
News and Press ReleaseUNDAC mission mobilized for Cambodia
A United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) mission has been mobilized for Cambodia to support the United Nations Resident Coordinator and the Government in responding to the...
Afghanistan
News and Press ReleaseDisplacement in Northeastern Afghanistan
Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 15 September 2000: Assessment of the numbers and possible needs of families displaced by fighting in Afghanistan's north-eastern...
Georgia
News and Press ReleaseDrought in Georgia
In response to the drought in the eastern half of Georgia, the UN, donors and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture have elaborated a programme to address the consequent needs. The programme will...
Afghanistan
News and Press ReleaseMine action in Afghanistan reduces operations by 50%
Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 1 September 2000 -- The Mine Action Programme for Afghanistan today began cutting down its operations by 50% due to a major...
Angola
News and Press ReleaseUN Humanitarian Coordinator in Angola concerned over "alarming humanitarian conditions" in Luau
LUANDA, 31 August: - The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Angola today expressed concern over what the UN described as the "alarming humanitarian conditions" in the municipality of Luau,...
Angola
News and Press ReleaseUN welcomes the action taken by the Huambo Provincial Government in facilitating the IDPs from transit centers in Caala
LUANDA, 31 August: - The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Angola today welcomed the action taken by the Provincial Government of Huambo Province in facilitating over recent days the...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseL'OMS fait de la lutte anti malaria en RDC un cheval de bataille collectif
71 % des personnes qui meurent chaque année du paludisme dans le monde sont des enfants de moins de 5 ans et la malaria représente 10 à 13 % des causes de mortalité maternelle. L'Afrique compte 86%...