* Measures include arms embargo, asset freeze, travel ban

* Eritrea warns of new cycle of conflict in Horn of Africa

By Patrick Worsnip

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 23 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council was set to impose sanctions on the Horn of Africa state of Eritrea on Wednesday because of aid council members say it has given to Islamist insurgents in Somalia.

The United States and other nations accuse Eritrea of supplying al Shabaab rebels with funds and arms as they fight

For several years, tens of thousands of asylum seekers and refugees fleeing to Yemen from the volatile Horn of Africa region have endured terrible human rights abuses that have gone largely ignored by the outside world. Many have suffered violence or lost their lives while attempting the perilous sea crossing from the Horn. And the reception that awaits those who survive the journey depends not on why they have come but on where they come from.

Since the beginning of 2008, more than 100,000 people have set off to Yemen in boats from Djibouti or the Somali

Addressing journalists at an afternoon press conference on the humanitarian situation in that country, he said Somalia was the setting for a long-running humanitarian crisis, brought

As of 5 December 2009, 23:00 hours, Cairo time, 43,650 laboratory-confirmed cases of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 were reported to WHO by 22 out of 22 Member States of WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. There are 452 related deaths from Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 reported, so far, from 18 Member States in the Region. These deaths were reported from Islamic Republic of Iran (140), Saudi Arabia (81), Syrian Arab Republic (50), Oman (27),), Kuwait (27), Iraq (26), Yemen (22), Egypt (21),), Afghanistan (14),

- Across the Horn of Africa some 500,000 children under five are presently suffering from severe acute malnutrition.

- In 2009, UNICEF in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Uganda, UNICEF only received 42 per cent of its funding requirements despite 24 million people requiring emergency assistance in these countries.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

As World Aids Day is marked on Tuesday, globally some 33.4 million people were living with HIV. There were 2 million AIDS-related deaths in 2008 according to UNAIDS.

Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region most heavily affected, accounting for 67 percent of all people living with HIV and 91 percent of all new infections among children.

Here are some key details about AIDS in AFRICA:

AIDS IN SUB SAHARAN AFRICA:

SOLIDARITES, organisation humanitaire internationale, y est confrontée quotidiennement dans de nombreux pays. Ainsi, par exemple :

Dans le district de Shatkira au Bangladesh,

As of 21 November 2009, 23:00 hours, Cairo time, 38,859 laboratory-confirmed cases of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 were reported to WHO by 22 out of 22 Member States of WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. Somalia has reported the first 2 cases on the beginning of November. There are 330 related deaths from Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 reported, so far, from 17 member states in the Region. These deaths were reported from Islamic Republic of Iran (100), Saudi Arabia (81), Oman (27), Syria (22), Yemen