This report covers the period 1 January 2012 to 30 June 2012.

Overview

Projet de 6 millions d'euros pour mettre en place des systèmes de surveillance nationaux et renforcer la coopération régionale

26 juillet 2012, Rome - Une nouvelle initiative régionale aidera dix pays d'Afrique centrale à mettre en place des systèmes pointus de monitorage des forêts nationales, annonce la FAO aujourd'hui.

Ces dix pays, qui font partie du Bassin du Congo, sont le Burundi, le Cameroun, le Gabon, la Guinée équatoriale, la République centrafricaine, la République du Congo, la République démocratique du Congo, le Rwanda, Sao Tomé et Principe et le Tchad.

FAO chief addresses summit of Portugese-speaking countries in Maputo

20 July 2012, Maputo - Portuguese-speaking countries have found the right approach to tackling the hunger problem - by a combined effort of governments, civil society and the private sector, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP) today.

I. CONTEXTE GENERAL DE REDUCTION DES RISQUES DE CATASTROPHES A. LE CONTEXTE INTERNATIONAL

L’Organisation des Nations Unies (ONU) a décidé en 1989, de célébrer chaque 2ème mercredi d'octobre, la Journée Internationale de la Prévention des Catastrophes Naturelles. La période de 1990 à 1999 a également été désignée Décennie Internationale de la Prévention des Catastrophes Naturelles (DIPCN). L’objectif étant de participer au niveau mondial à un effort constant de prévention des catastrophes naturelles.

Résumé

BANGKOK, 25 May 2012 - Early next week in Bangkok, Asian and Pacfic media and 10 UN agencies will participate in a special pre-session of a media summit organized by the Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (APIBD), to review regional progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

At this pre-session, media and the UN agencies, including the UN Disaster Risk Reduction Office (UNISDR), will look at how they can work more closely to contribute towards the MDGs and its outcomes beyond 2015.

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For many years, the countries of Central Africa have been suffering from the effects of epidemics and endemic diseases, as well as natural and man-made disasters. Conflicts have led to significant population displacements and put at further risk vulnerable groups that are already challenged to provide for themselves. Recently, the increasingly high cost of living has added a further burden to Central African populations.