(New York / Geneva / Islamabad: 09 August 2010): The number of people affected by Pakistan's floods is now estimated to be 13.8 million, according to the Government of Pakistan. While not all may be...
Press releases and statements
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Press releases and statements
Pakistan
News and Press ReleasePAKISTAN: FLOODS AFFECT MILLIONS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
Bolivia + 6 more
News and Press ReleaseREDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies: Latin America & the Caribbean - Year 3 - Issue 169, August 2010
HIGHLIGHTS: h PERU: New cases of pneumonia and bubonic plague reported. h CUBA: Accumulated reservoir water resources are below 50 percent. h LAC: Atlantic French territories are on alert due the...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleasePAKISTAN: NUMBERS OF AFFECTED PEOPLE CONTINUE TO RISE
(New York / Geneva / Islamabad: 08 August 2010): Pakistan's deadly floods have now affected over six million people, according to the latest estimates produced today by the Provincial Authorities of...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleasePAKISTAN: RELIEF OPERATIONS TO BE MASSIVELY SCALED UP, AS FLOODS REACH SINDH
(New York / Geneva / Islamabad: 07 August 2010): Humanitarian needs in flood-devastated Pakistan are on a similar level to those that arose following the country's 2005 earthquake, which had affected...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleasePAKISTAN: OVER FOUR MILLION AFFECTED BY FLOODS
(New York / Geneva / Islamabad: 05 August 2010): Over four million people are estimated to have been affected so far - to different degrees - by floods, which have been hitting Pakistan since last...
DR Congo + 2 more
News and Press ReleaseSituation humanitaire en République Démocratique du Congo - Note d'information à la presse, 4 août 2010
Province de l'Equateur - Une vingtaine d'enfants est décédée à la suite d'une maladie non encore identifiée dans la localité d'Ikedji Yafeke, à 48 km de Mbandaka. Selon une mission conjointe de...
Bolivia + 7 more
News and Press ReleaseREDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies: Latin America & the Caribbean - Year 3 - Issue 168, August 2010
HIGHLIGHTS: - COLOMBIA: Some 345,000 people affected by the initiation of the rainy season. - MEXICO: Heavy rains have affected the departments of Veracruz and Oaxaca. - LAC: Influenza A H1N1 and...
World
News and Press ReleaseUNITED NATIONS WELCOMES KUWAIT'S INCREASED SUPPORT TO HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE FUND
(Cairo, 2 August 2010) - Kuwait will increase from US$50,000 to $300,000 its yearly contribution to a United Nations fund, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), from next year. The Fund is...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseUN RESPONDS TO FLOODING IN PAKISTAN
(New York, 2 August 2010): In support of the tremendous relief work carried out by the Government of Pakistan, United Nations agencies in Pakistan are responding to humanitarian needs in areas of the...
Iran + 6 more
News and Press ReleaseOCHA ROMENACA Regional Humanitarian Update, June - July 2010
In this issue Polio Immunization Drive in Central Asia Joint UN-OIC Humanitarian Strategy in the making West Bank: One in Four Refugees cannot meet basic Food Needs Syria: Restoring 2,000 Years old...