This Annual Report is intended for reporting on the Federation's Annual Appeals only.
Appeal Target: CHF 4,819,204 (USD 2,969,221 or EUR 3,296,273)

Objectives, Achievements and Constraints Regional Disaster Preparedness and Response

During the year, the regional disaster preparedness and response Strategy 2010 was launched through the East Africa Appeal 2001-2002, and the necessary structures and systems set up for the next nine years. The programme team was composed of one delegate and two regionally recruited officers.

Operational Developments

In 2001, the total number of people in Uganda affected by calamities and in need of humanitarian assistance decreased from 1.1 million to 716,879 or by 35 per cent. This reduction was attributed to several factors including: (a) withdrawal of Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) troops from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and

PREFACE

The overall goal of the current ILO InFocus Programme on Crisis Response and Reconstruction is to develop the ILO coherent and rapid response to the different crises - natural disasters, armed conflicts, financial and economic downturns and difficult political and social transitions - focusing on areas of ILO comparative advantage. Knowledge development

INTRODUCTION
This is the first issue in 2002 of this quarterly report prepared by the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) on the food supply situation, cereal import and food aid requirements for all countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The report is designed to provide the latest analysis and information on the food situation in these countries to governments, international organizations and other institutions engaged in humanitarian operations.

The Ugandan returnees, mainly ethnic

Headed by French ambassador Jean-David Levitte -- who sounded an upbeat note as he arrived in Pretoria -- the third such mission in as many years will also visit Angola, Burundi, the DRC, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

"We all consider that it is a very important moment for the peace process in the Great Lakes region,"

The 10-day mission to eight African nations comes in the wake of a power-sharing deal cut on the sidelines of peace talks in Sun City, South Africa, by the government of President Joseph Kabila and the Ugandan-backed Congolese Liberation Movement (MLC).

Under the deal, Kabila will remain the head of state in a transitional government, and millionaire businessman

The first meeting between military leaders from Ethiopia and Eritrea since the new border was announced was hailed as "positive and relaxed" by the UN on Monday. Brig-Gen Yohanes Gebremeskel from Ethiopia and Eritrea's Brig-Gen Abrahaley Kifle met in Djibouti within the framework of the Military Coordination Commission (MCC).