Nairobi, 30 November - The outbreak of fire that swept through a settlement for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Mogadishu on 21 November continues to highlight the immense suffering and...
Press releases and statements
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Press releases and statements
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseDisplaced settlement fires in Somalia highlight the need for improved services
Pakistan
News and Press ReleasePakistan: Onset of winter weather threatens UN's operation Winter Race
Islamabad, 29th November, 2005: The onset of winter conditions in the earthquake areas of Pakistan has severely hampered the relief operations of the UN and other humanitarian organization, resulting...
Uganda
News and Press ReleaseUN to step up support for Uganda's 2 million displaced people
(Nairobi, Geneva, NYC) The United Nations system in Uganda is planning to increase its presence and programmes in northern Uganda in the coming year to help some 2 million Ugandans displaced by...
Burkina Faso + 3 more
News and Press ReleaseSahel: Development needed to counter food insecurity
(Dakar, Geneva and New York: 18 November 2005): The United Nations and its development partners who gathered in Dakar, Senegal, from 15 to 16 November for a regional consultation on the Sahel have...
Madagascar
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations helps malnourished in Madagascar
(New York: 18 November 2005): Heightened rates of malnutrition among children have prompted the initiation of emergency nutritional and medical assistance activities in Madagascar's South-Eastern...
Burkina Faso + 3 more
News and Press ReleaseSahel: Nécessité de traiter les crises alimentaires par le développement
(Dakar, Genève et New York: 18 novembre 2005): Les Nations-Unies et leurs partenaires sont tombés d'accord sur la nécessité de mettre au point une approche coordonnée, sous-régionale et...
Burkina Faso + 8 more
News and Press ReleaseLes Nations-Unies convoquent une consultation regionale sur la lutte contre l'insécurité alimentaire dans le Sahél
(Dakar, Genève et New York: 14 novembre 2005): Les Nations-Unies lancent, pour la première fois, un dialogue entre acteurs humanitaires et agences de développement sur la sécurité alimentaire dans...
Burkina Faso + 8 more
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations to convene regional consultation on food insecurity in the Sahel
(Dakar, Geneva and New York: 14 November 2005): For the first time, the United Nations will tomorrow convene a joint dialogue between humanitarian and development actors on the issue of food security...
Niger
News and Press ReleaseDespite progress, struggle for food security in Niger
(New York: 10 November): Favourable rains have lent hope that harvests of Niger's main crops will be good in the 2005/06 season, reducing the possibility of recurrent severe food insecurity. There...
Gambia + 5 more
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations appeals for $3.2 million to fight cholera in West Africa
(Dakar, Geneva and New York: 7 November 2005): The alarming wave of cholera that swept across the West Africa subregion this summer has prompted the United Nations today to launch a $3.2 million...