The Steering Committee for the Georgia Self Reliance Fund is pleased to announce the completion of the Fund's First Grant Competition. After a thorough and careful analysis of the 267 applications...
Press releases and statements
Press releases and statements
Georgia
News and Press ReleaseThe Georgia Self Reliance Fund announces the completion of the Fund's First Grant Competition Apri 2001
Afghanistan
News and Press ReleaseUN inter-agency mission visits Afghanistan: world's fastest growing crisis of internal displacement
Afghanistan is the fastest growing crisis of internal displacement in the world today,' said Dennis McNamara today at a press conference in Geneva. Mr. McNamara, Special Co-ordinator on Internal...
Afghanistan + 1 more
News and Press ReleasePakistani children donate 100,000 rupees to Afghan child mine victims
Islamabad (United Nations Information Centre for Pakistan/Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan/), 26 April 2001-- Today thirty students and teachers of La Salle High School in...
Ukraine
News and Press ReleaseFifteen years after Chernobyl nuclear accident, UN calls for more assistance to victims
IHA/730 NEW YORK, 25 April (OCHA) - This week marks 15 years since two powerful explosions in rapid succession destroyed the Unit 4 reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in a remote corner of...
Afghanistan
News and Press ReleaseAfghanistan: World's fastest growing crisis of internal displacement
Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 24 April 2001-- "Afghanistan is the fastest growing crisis of internal displacement in the world today," said Dennis McNamara...
Sierra Leone + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseUN Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator visiting Sierra Leone
"Cautious optimism" was the expression the UN Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator (DERC) chose to capture her overall impression of the current situation in Sierra Leone during a visit to the country...
Afghanistan
News and Press ReleaseUS donates $6.1 million to Mine Action in Afghanistan
Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 20 April 2001 -- Today at the Pakistan Red Crescent Society in Islamabad, United States Ambassador to Pakistan, William B...
Angola
News and Press ReleaseAngola: Humanitarian Situation in Camacupa, Bié Province
LUANDA, 20 April: - The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Angola today expressed concern over the critical humanitarian situation in Camacupa Municipality, Bié Province. Large numbers of...
Guinea + 2 more
News and Press ReleaseUN top official visits Sierra Leone 20 to 23 April 2001
The United Nations Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms Carolyn McAskie is undertaking a mission to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia from 16th to 25th April 2001. She is currently in Guinea and...
Angola
News and Press ReleaseFloods in southern Angola
LUANDA, 18 April - The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Angola today expressed concern about the humanitarian situation in flood-affected areas of southern Angola. Heavy rains and flooding...