This report includes:
A) Global Alert

B) Middle East Region: (1) Palestinian Territories

C) Asia Region: (1) Democratic People's Republic of Korea

D) West Africa Region: (1) Côte d'Ivoire (2) Liberia (3) Sierra Leone (4) Guinea, (5) Guinea Bissau (6) Mauritania

E) Eastern and Central Africa Region: (1) Ethiopia, (2) Somalia, (3) Eritrea, (4) Djibouti, (5) Burundi

F) Southern Africa Region: (1) Regional overview, (2) Lesotho, (3) Malawi, (4) Mozambique, (5) Zambia, (6) Zimbabwe, (7) Angola

In response to the catastrophic hunger crisis in Africa, the executives of the American humanitarian organizations engaged in food aid and the Executive Director of the United Nations' World Food Program have come together to act. Today, we launch a global campaign to assist more than 34 million people who face the very real risk of death by starvation. This crisis is compounded by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which is devastating the productive populations of many African countries.
We appeal to governments, citizens'

Major Campaign to Get Girls into School in 25 Priority Countries
DAR ES SAALAM / GENEVA, 3 December 2002 - Declaring that "the education of girls is key to real progress in overcoming poverty," UNICEF today announced a major initiative to get girls into school in 25 priority countries, mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.

Speaking to a meeting of African education ministers here, UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy announced the "25 by 2005" campaign to eliminate gender disparities in primary and secondary

40 Million People at Risk of Starvation, Says Head of World Food Programme;
More Consistent Humanitarian Funding, Investment in Agriculture Urgently Needed
SC/7582
4652nd Meeting (PM)

Africa was experiencing severe problems of food security because of a combination of difficult weather situations and health factors (dramatically complicated by HIV/AIDS), as well as civil strife and issues related to governance and economic policy, the Security

IP/02/1724
Brussels, 22 November 2002 - The European Commission and the Republic of Djibouti have recently signed a Country Strategy Paper (CSP) and an Indicative Programme outlining their co-operation programme for the next five years (2002 - 2007). The programme provides for a sum of €34.8 million, allocated from the 9th European Development Fund (EDF), which is the financial instrument of ACP-EU Partnership Agreement signed in Cotonou in June 2000. These non-repayable funds will be used on development projects and assistance in order to support government's

S/2002/1201
I. Introduction

This report includes:
(A) General

(B) Asia Region: (1) DPR Korea

(C) West Africa Region: (1) Côte d'Ivoire

(D) Southern Africa Region: (1) Regional overview, (2) Zimbabwe, (3) Zambia, (4) Lesotho, (5) Malawi, (6) Mozambique, (7) Swaziland, (8) Angola,
(9) Namibia

(E) Eastern and Central Africa Region: (1) Ethiopia, (2) Burundi, (3) Republic of Congo

(F) West and Central Asia Region: (1) Afghanistan

(G) Middle East Region: (1) Palestinian Territories

(H) Latin America and Caribbean Region: (1) Ecuador, (2) Honduras, (3) Nicaragua, (4) Paraguay, (5) other countries

This Programme Update is intended for reporting on Annual Appeals.
Appeal Target: CHF 4,500,366
Period covered: April-June 2002; last Programme Update N=B0 l, issued January-March 2002

"At a Glance"

Appeal coverage: 76%
Related Appeals: Kenya: Floods; Preliminary Appeal 14/2002
Outstanding needs: CHF 1,079,653

Update: The Regional Delegation has accepted the challenge of the decentralization process and is increasingly recognized as a leader and inspiration for the region. National societies

Nairobi, Kenya
Summary

There is increased likelihood of near-normal to below-normal rainfall over much of Tanzania, much of Kenya, southern Ethiopia, southern and northern Somalia and parts of southern Sudan. Enhanced probabilities of above normal rainfall favour the rest of Somalia for the period September to December 2002. However, probabilities are favouring normal to above-normal rainfall over parts of southern and northwestern Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, southwestern Kenya and extreme southern, parts of central and northeastern Sudan as well as parts of central Ethiopia