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01 Dec 2000

Uganda
Uganda Affected Populations by District

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01 Dec 2000

Burundi + 6 others
IRIN-CEA Weekly Round-up 48 covering the period 25 Nov - 1 Dec 2000

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DRC: "One of world's worst humanitarian crises"

The situation facing DRC was on Tuesday characterised as "one of the world's worst humanitarian crises" in terms of both intensity and magnitude. In a briefing to the UN Security Council, the acting UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Carolyn McAskie, spoke

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01 Dec 2000

Burundi + 6 others
Bulletin hebdomadaire d'information 48 pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est

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(du 25 novembre au 1er décembre)

RDC: "L'une des plus graves crises humanitaires de la planète"

La situation en RDC a été décrite mardi comme "l'une des plus graves crises humanitaires de la planète" en matière d'intensité et d'ampleur. Dans une réunion d'information au Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU, Carolyn McAskie, coordonnateur intérimaire

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01 Dec 2000

Burundi + 4 others
Fifth Report of the Secretary-General on the UN Organization Mission in DR Congo (S/2000/1156)

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S/2000/1156
I. Introduction

1. By its resolutions 1291 (2000) of 24 February 2000 and 1316 (2000) of 23 August 2000, the Security Council requested the Secretary-General to report on the progress made in the implementation of the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement (S/1999/815, annex) and relevant Council resolutions.

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30 Nov 2000

Burundi + 4 others
IRIN Update 1063 for the Great Lakes

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DRC: Combatants call for greater UN military presence

The political committee overseeing the Lusaka peace process on Wednesday called on the UN to increase its military presence in the country to take advantage of a renewed commitment by the parties involved in the conflict to pull back their forces. The committee,

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30 Nov 2000

Burundi + 4 others
Bulletin quotidien d'information No. 1063 pour la région des Grands Lacs

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RDC: Les combattants appellent à une plus grande présence militaire de l'ONU

Le comité politique chargé de surveiller la mise en oeuvre du processus de paix de Lusaka a demandé mercredi à l'ONU de renforcer sa présence militaire dans le pays afin de profiter d'une confirmation de la part des parties impliquées dans le conflit de leur

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30 Nov 2000

Uganda
Disease Outbreaks Reported: Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) in Uganda - Update 32

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— World Health Organization
As of 29 November, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures for Gulu district of 354 cases and 140 deaths.
The mobile teams in Gulu district are intensifying disease control activities and focusing particularly on areas where there has been recent disease activity. They are tracing and closely following up contacts of the most recent laboratory confirmed cases, as well as continuing case finding activities in the district.

Additional activities have been initiated to enhance public health education in Gulu district. Messages and discussions

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30 Nov 2000

Afghanistan + 8 others
WHO: EHA Highlights Issue 5, Nov 2000

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— World Health Organization


New documents available on the EHA website:

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29 Nov 2000

Uganda
Uganda: Ebola epidemic now contained, WHO says

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— IRIN
NAIROBI, 29 November (IRIN) - Although four more people have died from the deadly Ebola virus in the northern Ugandan district of Gulu, the epidemic has now been contained, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday.
"The more recent cases in Gulu arose from victims who had already contracted the disease but were undiscovered by the authorities," WHO Country Representative for Uganda, Dr Oladapo Walker, told IRIN.

To date, the epidemic has claimed 149 lives out of 357 reported cases. Most of the cases arose in Gulu where

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29 Nov 2000

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 2 others
Summit On DRC Claims Success

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— Pan African News Agency
Maputo, Mozambique - The summit on the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that ended in Maputo Monday decided to push ahead with a programme of disarming "residual forces", and implementing the "Kampala Plan", under United Nations supervision.
According to the Mozambican President, Joaquim Chissano who hosted the summit, President Laurent-Desire Kabila of the DRC had told the summit that he was prepared to study ways of improving relations with the UN Mission in Congo or MONUC.

"During today's discussions, it

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29 Nov 2000

Burundi + 4 others
IRIN Update 1062 for the Great Lakes

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DRC: "One of world's worst humanitarian crisis"

The situation facing DRC was on Tuesday characterised as "one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis" in terms of both intensity and magnitude. In a briefing to the UN Security Council, the acting UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Carolyn McAskie, spoke

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29 Nov 2000

Burundi + 4 others
Bulletin quotidien d'information No. 1062 pour la région des Grands Lacs

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RDC: "L'une des plus graves crises humanitaires de la planète"

La situation en RDC était jugée mardi comme "l'une des plus graves crises humanitaires de la planète" en matière d'intensité et d'ampleur. Dans une réunion d'information au Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU, Carolyn McAskie, coordonnateur intérimaire des secours d'urgence de l'ONU, a évoqué la situation humanitaire très

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29 Nov 2000

Afghanistan + 20 others
Statement by Mrs. Sadako Ogata, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, at the Presentation of the Consolidated Appeals for 2001

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— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Geneva, 29 November 2000
Mr. Chairman,

Excellencies,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am pleased to join in launching the Consolidated Appeals for 2001. Together, we are seeking 2 billion dollars to reach more than 35 million vulnerable people in 19 humanitarian crises world-wide. Behind these enormous figures are human beings - women, men and children - who have desperate, immediate needs.

They are refugees and displaced people in search of protection and the basics of life - food, water and shelter. They are herders and farmers whose livelihood has been destroyed by drought

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29 Nov 2000

Afghanistan + 19 others
FAO Director-General and Italian Foreign Minister Launch $2 billion Humanitarian Appeal for 35 Million People

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— Food and Agriculture Organization
Press Release 00/65
Rome, 29 November - Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini and Dr Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), today jointly launched the annual UN consolidated humanitarian appeal, seeking donations of some $2 billion to help 35 million people in 19 countries.

Dr Diouf told a meeting of the diplomatic corps in Rome: "Each Appeal is designed to decrease vulnerability, restore stability and link relief with sustainable development, and is

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29 Nov 2000

Botswana + 3 others
Africa: HIV/AIDS figures stabilise

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— IRIN
JOHANNESBURG, 29 November (IRIN) - For the first time, there are signs that new HIV/AIDS infections may have stabilised in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, UNAIDS said in its annual epidemic update released on Tuesday.
New infections in 2000 totalled an estimated 3.8 million compared with 4 million in 1999, the 'AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2000' revealed. Globally there are 36.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS, 25.3 million of these people are in Africa.

UNAIDS said the slight fall in infections was probably a result of two factors. "On the one hand, the epidemic

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29 Nov 2000

Burundi + 15 others
UNFPA Asks Donors to Help Women in Conflict

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— UN Population Fund
Joins UN Agencies in Consolidated Appeals, Asking Donors to Fund Emergency Relief Efforts
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 29 November 2000 - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today asked the international donor community to help meet urgent reproductive health needs among victims of conflict and natural disasters around the world. The Fund asked donors for approximately $16 million to fund relief efforts in 19 humanitarian crises.

Citing this year's theme of the Inter-Agency Consolidated Appeals, "Women and War", UNFPA highlighted the

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28 Nov 2000

Afghanistan + 20 others
Secretary-General launches humanitarian appeals for 2001, calling on international community to provide urgent support to 35 million people

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Geneva- New York, 22 November (OCHA) On 28 November, Secretary-General Kofi Annan will launch appeals for 19 humanitarian crises, calling on the international community to provide $2 billion in contributions to sustain the lives of more than 35 million people during the course of 2001. The Global Launch of the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals will be held from 11 a.m to 1 p.m at ECOSOC Chamber at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The event, which will be chaired by Ms. Carolyn McAskie, Emergency Relief Coordinator, a.i.,
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28 Nov 2000

Burundi + 3 others
Analysis: More words on Congo peace but little action

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By Buchizya Mseteka
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Another summit to try to end a three-year conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has come and gone with little or no action.

At the latest meeting in the Mozambican capital Maputo on Monday, regional leaders led by South African President Thabo Mbeki reaffirmed their commitment to peace in Africa's third largest country.

A lame-duck United Nations observer mission in Congo was once again called upon to monitor the agreement. Congolese President Laurent Kabila joined in the game and once again pledged to cooperate

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28 Nov 2000

Afghanistan + 20 others
United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals for 2001 Launched at Headquarters

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
IHA/723
Launch Theme - 'Women and War'; Secretary-General, Assembly President and Executive Director of UNIFEM Speak

The current United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals was requesting $2.26 billion for next year, less than the world spent for military purposes in a single day, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said this morning at Headquarters at the launch of the 2001 Appeals.

He said the funds were needed to alleviate suffering and address the root causes of vulnerability to disaster. The 35 million people on whose behalf he spoke did not want handouts, they

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28 Nov 2000

Afghanistan + 20 others
35 Million urgently Need Humanitarian Assistance, Secretary-General says at Consolidated Appeals Launch

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— UN Secretary-General
SG/SM/7644
Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan given in New York today to launch the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals for 2001:

It gives me great pleasure to join you today to launch the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals for the year 2001. More than 35 million of our fellow human beings urgently need humanitarian assistance. I am here today to lend them my voice.

These women, children and men are the disenfranchised, the displaced, the targets of conflict and the victims of natural disasters. They suffer not only from the direct effects, but

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