(New York: 17 August 2006): More than 130 people have died and 11,000 been diagnosed with acute watery diarrhoea in Ethiopia over the past three months. The first outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
Ethiopia
News and Press ReleaseUN says federal response to diarrhoea outbreak in Ethiopia needed
Lebanon + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseOCHA Media Factsheet on Lebanon - 17 Aug 2006
Population Returns Thousands of displaced Lebanese continue to return to their home areas. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates that 6,000 people are headed back toward the worst-hit...
Lebanon + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseOCHA Media Factsheet on Lebanon - 16 Aug 2006
Population Returns To date, the Lebanese Higher Relief Council (HRC) reports that 1,152 Lebanese have been killed and some 3,700 wounded. The HRC continues to revise its casualty figures upward as...
Côte d'Ivoire
News and Press ReleaseCôte d'Ivoire: Le Groupe de Médiation s'entretient avec les Forces Nouvelles à Bouaké
ONUCI - 265 Bouaké le 16 août 2006.... Les membres du groupe de médiation, sous-groupe du Groupe de Travail International (GTI), a rencontré pendant 6 heures, le leadership des Forces Nouvelles pour...
Lebanon + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseOCHA Media Factsheet on Lebanon - 15 Aug 2006
Humanitarian Concerns The cessation of hostilities, which came into effect at 0500 GMT yesterday, continues to hold generally, although a few skirmishes between the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) and...
Afghanistan
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations gives $11 million for Afghanistan drought
(New York: 14 August 2006): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has allocated $11 million from the rapid response component of the Central Emergency Response...
Israel + 2 more
News and Press ReleaseOCHA Media Factsheet on Lebanon - 14 Aug 2006
Political Developments On 11 August 2006, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1701, calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Lebanon and the strengthening...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseRDC : Faisons encore plus pour sauver des millions de Congolais
Kinshasa,14 Août 2006 : Réunie à Bruxelles le 13 février 2006, la communauté humanitaire lançait le Plan d'Action Humanitaire pour la République du Congo, une stratégie multisectorielle visant à...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseDRC: "Let us do more to save millions of Congolese people"
Kinshasa, 14 August: On February 13th 2006, the humanitarian community launched its Humanitarian Action Plan for the Republic of Congo in Brussels. The multi-sector strategy is designed to relieve...
Lebanon + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseOCHA Media Factsheet on Lebanon - 11 Aug 2006
Humanitarian Impact According to the Lebanese Higher Relief Council (HRC), 1,056 Lebanese have been killed and 3,600 wounded. The Government of Israel reports that 41 Israeli civilians have been...