Period covered: January to March 2006

Appeal target: 22,410,000 (USD 16,965,000 or EUR 14,320,000)

Appeal coverage: 7.8%

Highlights: According to the ECMWF model, abundant rainfall continues over large parts of South Sudan and started also in parts of the North. Intense growth of agricultural vegetation persist across South Sudan with well above average conditions in Warab, parts of Junqolei, Bar el Jabal and Eastern Equatoria. In Northern Sudan there is no clear evidence of planting yet, only South Darfur shows a slight increase of greenness so far. Rainfall and good planting conditions during the next dekads will be crucial for the onset of the agricultural season in Northern Sudan.

Sudáfrica asumió la facilitación oficial del proceso de Burundi, en substitución de Tanzania.

Naciones Unidas aparcó el Plan Baker para solucionar el conflicto del Sahara y propuso una negociación directa entre las partes.

El cambio político en Nepal permitió iniciar un proceso de paz.

La crisis del proceso de paz de Sri Lanka dio paso a una guerra de baja intensidad.

El Gobierno español anunció el inicio de conversaciones directas con ETA.

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"We do not see the interest in an internationalisation, which could only complicate matters," he was

Appeal No. MAA62001; Programme Update no. 1, Period covered: January to May 2006: Appeal coverage:

Radio Miraya entend apporter une contribution significative ‡ la pacification et ‡ la construction dÈmocratique en rendant accessible ‡ la population une information complËte, non partisane, factuelle et prÈcise sur le processus de paix, sur les ÈvÈnements, sur líaction

NEW YORK, USA, 30 June 2006 - UNICEF Spokesperson for Youth Ronan Farrow has returned from a trip to the Darfur region of Sudan saddened by the changes since his last visit in 2004 but motivated to remind young people that they can make a difference.

"Eighteen months ago we saw a very makeshift emergency situation, people sheltering under tarpaulins by the hundreds of thousands in these camps," says Ronan. "Now there's a disturbing sense of permanence. The structures are brick and clay. The

RUMBEK, Southern Sudan, 30 June 2006 - In this hardscrabble town, where buildings consist of little more than rubble and tending cattle is one of the only realistic career options, getting children into school used to be a nearly impossible task.

But today, the challenge is to accommodate all the students who are returning. In the wake of a 2005 peace agreement that ended two decades of war and the launch of the Government of Southern Sudan's 'Go to School' campaign, supported by UNICEF, children here are flocking to school in droves.