"The Bam reconstruction programme has the potential to become a successful recovery programme, in that it not only has enhanced standards of earthquake safety in Bam but safety

Period covered by the report: 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2005;

Appeal history:

Preliminary Appeal launched on 26 December 2003 for CHF 15,409,300 (USD 12,290,337 or EUR 9,886,505) for 6 months for 200,000 beneficiaries.

Revised Appeal launched on 8 January 2004 for CHF 51,913,000 (USD 42,006,534 or EUR 33,119,207) for 6 - 8 months for 210,000 beneficiaries.

The plastic sheets to cover the tents that Operation Mercy initially distributed this Spring and Summer have

The seismological base of Tehran University's Geophysics Institute registered the tremor in an area measuring 26.81 degrees in latitude and 56.03 degrees in longitude.

There are no immediate reports of any damage or casualty.

Earlier in the day, the island was rattled by a 4.3-magnitude earthquake, which caused no casualty or damage to property.

This Global Appeal is published to alert governmental and private sector donors, Executive Committee members and Standing Committee observers, Governments and their Permanent Missions in Geneva, the UN Secretariat, UN agencies, intergovernmental agencies, NGOs, regional organizations and other institutions and interested individuals to the plight of millions of refugees and other persons of concern falling within UNHCR's mandate. UNHCR's ninth Global Appeal outlines the Office's strategies and programmes for 2006, and will be launched officially at

OCHA Situation Report No. 1
Qeshm Earthquake - Iran
Occurred 27 November 2005

This report is based on information received from the OCHA office in Tehran and the outcome of the UN Disaster Management Team (UNDMT) meeting held on 30 November.

Situation

1. A 5.9 magnitude earthquake, with a depth of 18 kms, lasting around 10 seconds occurred in the Persian Gulf island of Qeshm in northern Iran on 27 November at 13:53 pm local time (10:23 am GMT). The epicenter was Darghahan Port, north of the Island (at

Iran's seismological bases registered the tremor at 20:45 local time (17:15 GMT).

There are no reports of damage or casualties caused by this latest tremor.

The first and second tremors, measuring 5.9 and 5.5 on the Richter scale at 13:53 (10:23 GMT) and 20:41 (17:11 GMT), respectively, killed 10 people and injured 80 on the Persian Gulf's

Schoolchildren went through their annual drills across Iran on Tuesday to prepare for an earthquake, a necessary exercise in a country criss-crossed with lethal faultlines and where tens of thousands of people have been killed in earthquakes.

"They teach us here how to react and we teach our parents," said 14-year-old Atefeh Ebrahimi.

When the all-clear is given, they dash to their schoolmates playing wounded on the classroom floor to bandage