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16 Dec 1999

Cambodia + 1 other
Flooding in Asia : Commission approves humanitarian aid worth euro 1.2 million

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— European Commission Humanitarian Aid department
The European Commission has approved humanitarian aid worth euro 1.2 million for victims of flooding in Vietnam, Cambodia and Tibet (China). The aid will be managed by the European Commission Humanitarian Office (ECHO) and will enable humanitarian organisations to carry out urgent projects for the next three to six months. Torrential rainstorms far exceeding normal seasonal flooding have affected Vietnam since the end of October. The country has experienced its worst flooding for 40 years, with a total of seven million people affected across several provinces. In Cambodia,
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24 Nov 1999

Cambodia
ADRA provides temporary shelter for flooding victims in Cambodia

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— Adventist Development and Relief Agency International
Contact: Beth Schaefer, Media Relations Manager, Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is responding to recent torrential rains and flash flooding that is affecting the lives of thousands in five southern provinces of Cambodia. ADRA joined forces with several other nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and humanitarian agencies in Cambodia on Monday to provide relief to those affected.

ADRA staff and volunteers were able to distribute 1,000 tarpaulin sheets in four affected districts. "We

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22 Nov 1999

Burundi + 8 others
This Week at Doctors Without Borders: Week of 22 Nov 1999 (Burundi, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Sierra Leone, East Timor, India, Chechnya, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Access to Essential Medicines Campaign)

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— MSF
Activities Suspended in Regroupment Camps in Burundi: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended its intervention in the regroupment camps in the rural province of Bujumbura, Burundi. Following the increased insecurity in and around Bujumbura, the population of the province has been regrouped into some 50 camps around the capital. Approximately 300,000 people - nearly two thirds of the population of the province - are living in these camps. Doctors Without Borders had agreed to bring assistance to the regrouped population,
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12 Nov 1999

India + 2 others
FAO/GIEWS Special Report: Cyclones, storms and floods cause devastation and serious food shortages in part of Asia

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— Food and Agriculture Organization
At the tail end of the monsoon season, when rains normally begin receding, cyclones, storms and floods have devastated several parts of Asia, killing thousands of people, making hundreds of thousands homeless and seriously threatening food supplies. In addition, economic damage to communications, transport, property and infrastructure has also been extensive and will require several months to rehabilitate.
INDIA: On 29 October, the worst cyclone in almost 30 years, struck coastal areas along the North Eastern state of Orissa, leaving up to two million people homeless. The worst affected
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11 Nov 1999

Cambodia
Cambodia - Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 1

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref: OCHA/GVA - 99/0213
Cambodia - Floods
OCHA Situation Report No. 1
11 November 1999

Situation

1. The Government of Cambodia reports that continued torrential rains during October and early November caused flash floods and affected five southern provinces: Takeo, Kandal, Kampong Speu, Phnom Penh Municipality and Pursat. The report indicates that the floods affected 21,334 families and around 9,900 ha of rice field. IFRC's situation report dated 9 November stated that 3,561 houses are damaged/destroyed. So far, there has been no report of casualties.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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09 Nov 1999

Cambodia
Cambodia: Floods Situation Report No. 2

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— IFRC
appeal no. 18/99; budget revision
period covered: 19 August 10 November 1999
Although the monsoon rains should slowly be reaching an end by this time of year, the country continues to experience heavy rain fall, causing serious flooding in certain areas. Following the initial flooding in Kampot District and the efforts to provide immediate relief and assistance, the most recent flooding occurred in Pursat Province, prompting renewed requests to provide support for the newest victims. The timely donor response to the initial Appeal has allowed the Cambodian Red
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06 Nov 1999

Cambodia
Cambodia mobilises army as tens of thousands hit by floods

Report
— Agence France-Presse
PHNOM PENH, Nov 6 (AFP) - Cambodian Premier Hun Sen on Saturday ordered the country's armed forces to mobilise to help tens of thousands left homeless after several days of heavy flooding.

Meanwhile aid workers said tens of thousands of people remained without shelter, food or safe drinking water throughout the south of the country, even though waters were beginning to recede after a let-up in nearly a week of torrential rain.

"I appeal for the police and military forces to mobilise and urgently help the flood victims," Hun Sen said

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04 Nov 1999

Cambodia
FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 11/99 - Cambodia

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— Food and Agriculture Organization
Torrential rains resulted in widespread flooding, principally around the capital Phnom Penh in late October/early November, when 150 mm of rainfall was received instead of 30 mm in normal years. The worst affected areas were around Pursat, Battambang, Kg.Speu, Takeo and Kandal. Although thousands of people had to abandon homes, no serious casualties have been reported so far. The full extent of damage to the main rice crop, to be harvested shortly, is yet to be determined, though unconfirmed reports indicate that around 2 000 hectares had been
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20 Sep 1999

Afghanistan + 6 others
"Humanitarian intervention" to pose challenge in new century, Secretary-General tells General Assembly as it opens top-level annual debate

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— UN Department of Public Information
The United Nations can succeed in combating war and poverty only by adapting to a world with new actors, new responsibilities and new possibilities for peace and progress, Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the UN General Assembly on Monday as the Organization's main deliberative and legislative body opened its annual top-level debate on the most crucial issues facing humanity.
Addressing the Assembly before the start of the general debate, which every year brings scores of world leaders to UN Headquarters in New York, the Secretary-General focused special attention
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14 Sep 1999

Cambodia + 3 others
Humanitarian aid for Asia flood victims / newsflash

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— European Commission Humanitarian Aid department
IP/99/675
Brussels, 14 September 1999 - The European Commission has approved a total of euro 3.1 million worth of humanitarian aid, euro 1.1 million for China and euro 2 million for South East Asia. The aid will be administered by ECHO, the European Community Humanitarian Office, and will be used to finance projects by various non-governmental organisations and international relief bodies over the next six months.

China: aid for flood victims (euro 1.1 million)

800 people have died and a further 24 000 have been left injured as a result of the torrential rainfall which

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14 Sep 1999

China + 3 others
Inondations en Asie : aide humanitaire / nouvelles en bref

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— European Commission Humanitarian Aid department
Bruxelles, le 14 septembre 1999
La Commission européenne a approuvé une aide humanitaire d'un montant total de 3,1 millions d'euros destinée à la Chine (1,1 million d'euros) et à l'Asie du Sud-Est (2 millions d'euros). L'aide, gérée par ECHO, l'Office humanitaire de la Communauté européenne, permettra à des organisations non gouvernementales et à des organisations et institutions internationales à vocation humanitaire de mener à bien divers projets au cours des six prochains mois.

Chine : aide aux victimes des inondations (1,1 million d'euros)

Les pluies torrentielles qui se sont

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06 Sep 1999

Cambodia
FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 09/99 - Cambodia

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— Food and Agriculture Organization
Continuous heavy rain in late July/early August together with high water levels in the Mekong River, caused heavy flooding in south western part of the country. The provinces of Kampot and Sihanouk were particularly affected, where damage to infrastructure is reported. Overall the level of rainfall in July was higher than last year and the average for the past 30 years. This year there was a significant increase in the area of double crop rice, whilst that of maize was above average. Notwithstanding any flood damage that may have occurred last month,
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19 Aug 1999

Cambodia
Cambodia: Floods Situation Report No.1

Report
— IFRC
Initial emergency relief supplies have been distributed in the flooded areas. However, stocks are now depleted and further emergency household kits are needed. Assessments of the rural water supply and the training of Red Cross volunteers for clean up campaigns are scheduled. Further flooding is anticipated.
appeal no. 18/99
period covered:
12 August - 18 August 1999

The context

Continuous monsoon rains since late July along the southwest coast of Cambodia have caused serious flooding in the two adjacent provinces of Kampot and Koh Kong. Flash floods on 3 August

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16 Aug 1999

Cambodia
Floods threaten 500,000 people in Cambodia

Report
— IFRC
Serious flooding caused by the heaviest monsoon rains in south-east Asia in three decades is threatening the livelihood of more than 520,000 people living in Cambodia's coastal districts.
More than 7,000 families have already lost their homes in the districts of Kampot, Kompong Bay, Dong Tong, Kompong Trach and Chhouk, and seven people have died in the floods. Hundreds of livestock and over 10,000 hectares of farmland have been destroyed. Many villages remain cut off by flood waters and shortages have pushed prices of essential food and fuel up by 300 per cent.
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16 Aug 1999

Bangladesh + 5 others
ACT Alert: Africa, Asia & Europe No 2/99 - Widespread Inundations

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— Action by Churches Together International
Geneva, 16 August 1999
Over the past few weeks, ACT Members have been reporting on the extensive inundations across Europe, Asia and even Africa.

AFRICA

Sudan

Sudan Council of Churches informs ACT that heavy rain has been falling since 1 August 1999 causing the relocation of internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Wad El-Bashir and El-Salama. Buildings have collapsed and the numbers of homeless have consequently increased. The rain continues in many parts of Khartoum causing ever more suffering and homelessness.

ASIA

China

ACT Member, Amity Foundation reports

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12 Aug 1999

Philippines + 3 others
Southeast Asia: Floods Information Bulletin No. 2

Report
— IFRC
The Disaster
Continuous monsoon rains since late July 1999, which meteorologists say are the heaviest in three decades, caused floods that seriously affected the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. Additionally, DPR Korea, China, and the Republic of Korea have experienced extensive flooding (see separate Federation Information Bulletins issued on each of these countries). While floods have eased in recent days, weather forecasters warn of further rain, and authorities in Vietnam report that water levels in the Mekong continue to rise.

Philippines

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12 Aug 1999

Bosnia and Herzegovina + 5 others
Secretary-General says United Nations will continues to find guidance, inspiration and courage in Geneva Conventions

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— UN Secretary-General
Press Release
SG/SM/7095
19990812

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the ceremony marking the fiftieth Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, which was delivered today in Geneva:

I am pleased and honoured to join you in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. Our meeting today, and the progress in the codification of international humanitarian law over the last 50 years, are vivid testimony to the continued significance of these Conventions to the conduct of armed conflict.

While the United Nations Charter may

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12 Aug 1999

Cambodia
Cambodia - Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 1

Report
— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref. OCHAGVA - 99/0110
Cambodia - Floods
OCHA Situation Report No. 1
12 August 1999

General Situation

1. The Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Phnom Penh reports that the flash floods, triggered by torrential rains during the first week of August, caused significant damage in the provinces of Sihanoukville, Koh Kong and Kam Pot. As of 10 August, four people were killed, some 8,000 people were left homeless, and 200 meters of railroads were washed away. More than 12,000 hectares of rice paddies were flooded in Kam Pot province alone.

National Response

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12 Aug 1999

Sudan + 4 others
IFRC Weekly News 12 Aug 1999

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— IFRC
Flood alarm in Sudan
Severe flooding in Sudan, caused by unusually heavy and early rains, has left at least 22 people dead, destroyed or damaged more than 10,000 homes and left 50,000 people in urgent need of assistance. Levels of major rivers are exceedingly high for this time of year, and, with the rainy season having barely begun, the scale of the disaster is alarming.

Warning that more severe inundation is likely in the weeks to come, the International Federation says river levels have reached those that heralded the floods of 1988 and 1998, the worst

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12 Aug 1999

Cambodia
Half a million Cambodians threatened by floods

Report
— IFRC
Serious flooding caused by the heaviest monsoon rains in South East Asia in three decades threaten the livelihood of over 520,000 people living in Cambodia's coastal districts, warned the Red Cross and Crescent today. At least 7 people have died, and 2 have been reported missing. More than 7,000 families in the districts of Kampot, Kompong Bay, Dong Tong, Kompong Trach and Chhouk - have lost their homes. Hundreds of livestock and over 10,000 hectares of farmland have been destroyed. Many villages remain cut off by flood waters and the severe shortage food

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