Launched on 15 July 2002 for CHF 899,000 for 12 months for 65,000 beneficiaries.
Beneficiaries: 65,000
Period covered: 10 November 2002 - 15 February 2003 ;
Last Update: 10 November 2002
Next Update 03, expected July 2003
IN BRIEF

Appeal coverage: 68.9%

Related Appeals: MENA regional programmes 01.93/2003 Outstanding needs: CHF 279,396

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Launched on 15 July 2002 for CHF 899,000 for 12 months for 65,000 beneficiaries.
Beneficiaries: 65,000
Period covered: 15 July - 10 November ;
Next Update 2, expected February 2003

IN BRIEF

Launching the latest Annual Review of the Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), Poul Nielson, Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, has highlighted the vital role played by ECHO in delivering relief to victims of humanitarian tragedies. He reported that, during 2000, the €492 million managed by this Commission department had benefited 18 million people in 65 different countries in the world. "This aid is vital" he said, "in saving lives, alleviating misery and

The drought, part of a region-wide dry spell that's also having detrimental consequences in much of western Asia,

Prague, 29 June 2001 (RFE/RL) -- Agricultural experts say that the continuing drought afflicting much of Western and Central Asia, as well as the Mideast, is increasingly straining

For the third year in a row, Iran, where the annual rainfall stands at 250 millimeters, has been languishing from widespread drought causing sharp decline of the water resources.

The Iranian government has expected a water crisis in 18 of the 28 provinces, where consumers are told to prepare for dry taps for hours in the day and excessive users face cash fine.

Water scarcity has "reached a critical state," said Qolam-Reza Manuchehri, according to IRNA.

Manuchehri added that "in order to fight this crisis, we have to take the issue of economizing and optimum use of our water resources very seriously."

Meanwhile, the afternoon Kayhan paper cited the head of Tehran's water resource society as saying that if water

1. The present report has been prepared pursuant to General Assembly Resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991, which requested the Secretary-General to report annually to the Assembly and the Economic and Social Council on the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance, and to Economic and Social Council Resolution 1995/56 of 28 July 1995, which requested the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report on humanitarian assistance, and to subsequent resolutions.