(New York: 27 October): Tropical Storm Beta formed today in the southwestern Caribbean Sea, extending this year's record of named storms in the Atlantic hurricane season to twenty-three. Beta is...
Press releases and statements
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Press releases and statements
Costa Rica + 4 more
News and Press ReleaseSouthwestern Caribbean: Tropical storm Beta becomes 23rd named storm of 2005
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseDonors pledge $580 million more for Pakistan
(Geneva and New York: 27 October): More than 400 participants from 92 Member States and other members of the international humanitarian community came together in Geneva yesterday for a...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations increases Pakistan appeal by $238 million
(Geneva and New York: 26 October 2005): Nearly doubling its call for urgent funding to earthquake-ravaged Pakistan, the United Nations today revised its South Asia Earthquake Flash Appeal upward to...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseSecretary-General addresses high-level donor conference on earthquake in South Asia
(Geneva and New York: 26 October): United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today addressed a ministerial-level meeting on assistance to communities affected by the South Asia earthquake. The...
Uganda
News and Press ReleaseHumanitarian staff in northern Uganda attacked
(New York: 26 October 2005): Three separate attacks on humanitarian aid workers in northern Uganda in the past two days have resulted in the death of two individuals and the injury of four others...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseRace to reach survivors in Pakistan before winter sets in
(Islamabad and New York, 25 October 2005): Relief agencies trying to get aid to the millions of earthquake survivors in Pakistan's northern provinces are racing against time, as snowfall is expected...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseShelter remains priority as humanitarian relief operation in Pakistan enters second week
(Islamabad, New York: 24 October 2005): According to latest reports by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, there is a three-week window of opportunity to deliver assistance to...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseSouth Asia earthquake: Two weeks on - Humanitarian community works together in coordinated relief operation
Overview The powerful 8 October earthquake that struck northern parts of Pakistan on Saturday 8 October killed up to 50,000, injured around 75,000 and approximately 3 million people without shelter. ...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseComments by Jan Egeland following meeting with NATO
Brussels, 21 October 2005 - Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN Emergency Relief Coordinator met on Friday, in Brussels, with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop...
El Salvador
News and Press ReleaseEl Salvador: Assistance must continue
(New York, 18 October 2005): Fifteen days into a state of emergency following the eruption of one of El Salvador's largest volcanoes and severe flooding and landslides produced by hurricane Stan,...