Location of operation: Central Asia (Tajikistan including cross-border initiatives with Northern Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan)(1)
Amount of Decision: EUR 6,050,000
Decision reference number: ECHO/DIP/BUD/2006/03000

Explanatory Memorandum

1 - Rationale, needs and target population.

1.1. - Rationale :

According to Article 2(f) of Humanitarian Aid Regulation (EC) of 20 June 1996(2), DG ECHO's(3) activities in the field of Disaster Preparedness shall be "to ensure preparedness for risks

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]
ANKARA, 24 March (IRIN) - Kyrgyzstan's emergency agency needs assistance to deal with the aftermath of natural disasters that hit the south of the former Soviet republic in one of the harshest winters in the past 20 years, an emergency spokesman said on Thursday.

"We have appealed to many organisations and embassies of various countries for assistance to deal with the consequences of heavy snow and avalanches that struck the south in late January,"

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2006/0042
OCHA Situation Report No. 1
Kyrgyzstan - Heavy snowfalls
Occurred late January 2006

This situation report is based on information received from the office of the UN Resident Coordinator a.i. in Kyrgyzstan, the Permanent Mission of the Kyrgyz Republic in Geneva, and the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC).

Situation

1. Heavy snowfalls in January and February 2006 severely affected the regions of Osh and Jalalabat in the south of the Kyrgyz Republic.

2. Snowfalls and avalanches have