This report includes:
A) Middle East and Central Asia: (1) Iraq, (2) Iran, (3) Afghanistan, (4) Pakistan

B) East and Central Africa: (1) DR Congo, (2) Burundi, (3) Rwanda, (4) Tanzania, (5) Uganda, (6) Eritrea, (7) Djibouti, (8) Ethiopia

C) West Africa: (1) Central African Republic, (2) Côte d'Ivoire, (3) Liberia, (4) Sierra Leone, (5) Guinea, (6) Guinea-Bissau

D) Southern Africa: (1) Namibia, (2) Angola, (3) Zambia, (4) Tanzania, (5) Malawi, (6) Zimbabwe, (7) Swaziland, (8) Lesotho, (9) Mozambique, (10) Madagascar

E) Asia: (1) DPR Korea

This report includes:
A) Middle East and Central Asia: (1) Iraq, (2) Iran, (3) Afghanistan

B) East and Central Africa: (1) DR Congo, (2) Burundi, (3) Rwanda, (4) Uganda, (5) Kenya, (6) Eritrea, (7) Djibouti, (8) Ethiopia

C) West Africa: (1) Côte d'Ivoire (2) Liberia (3) Sierra Leone (4) Guinea

D) Southern Africa: (1) Namibia, (2) Angola, (3) Zambia, (4) Malawi, (5) Zimbabwe, (6) Mozambique, (7) Swaziland, (8) Lesotho, (9) Madagascar

E) Asia: (1) DPR Korea

This report includes:
A) Middle East and Central Asia: (1) Iraq and neighbouring countries, (2) Iran, (3) Afghanistan, (4) Pakistan

B) East and Central Africa: (1) Eritrea, (2) Ethiopia, (3) Burundi, (4) DR Congo, (5) Uganda

C) West Africa: (1) Côte d'Ivoire, (2) Liberia, (3) Sierra Leone, (4) Guinea, (5) Mauritania

D) Southern Africa: (1) Madagascar, (2) Mozambique, (3) Zimbabwe, (4) Zambia, (5) Malawi, (6) Tanzania, (7) Angola, (8) Namibia, (9) Lesotho, (10) Swaziland

E) Asia: (1) DPR Korea

Insurers Warn of Mounting Price Tag of Climate Change at COP8 Meeting
Delhi/Nairobi, 29 October 2002 - Record-breaking rains, triggering devastating floods in Europe, destruction of homes across the Caribbean and life-threatening mudslides in India, Nepal and Bangladesh, have been a key feature of 2002.

Natural catastrophes, the vast majority of which have been weather-related, have cost countries and communities an estimated $56 billion during the period January to September 2002, a preliminary study shows. The final bill for this year's natural disasters

IP/02/789
Brussels, 31 May 2002 - The European Commission has approved €800 000 of aid for Ecuador to help people in coastal areas affected by the flooding caused by heavy rainfall throughout February, March and April. The money will be used to pay for restoration of drinking water supplies to some 10 000 families and help a further 4 000 families regain a measure of self-sufficiency. The allocation is from the Commission's Humanitarian Aid office, ECHO, which comes under Commissioner Poul Nielson. Since 1999 ECHO has granted Ecuador upwards of €3 million in humanitarian aid.

This Programme Update is intended for reporting on Annual Appeals.
Appeal Target CHF 4,619,036 (USD 2.9ml EUR 3.2m)
Period covered: I January - 31 March 2002

"At a Glance"

Appeal coverage: 17.4%
Related Appeals: 08/2002 Argentina: Social Crisis; 01.18/2002 Pan American Disaster Response Unit

Outstanding needs: CHF 3,815,324 (USD 2.4ml EUR 2.6m)

Update: Severe floods hit Ecuador and Bolivia in February, and the national societies have been active in providing relief to those affected. Regional disaster response capacity was strengthened

1. Cuba
Reporting Period: 05/01 to 05/14/2002

Significant Events:

Local authorities have expressed their concern over the lack of rain, which may cause a severe drought. The Cuban National Weather Center reports that a drought is affecting the eastern provinces. If the situation continues, crops will be severely hurt, affecting food security.

A WFP-Cuba monitoring mission visited the provinces of Granma, Holguin, Las Tunas, Santiago and Guantanamo to assess the situation of farmers that are planting less than normal. A livestock

#18/2002
1. Colombia

Reporting Period: 04/22 to 05/06/2002

a) Significant Events:

Despite early warning signals, armed groups continued to produce large-scale massacres in the Choco province (northwest of the country), where WFP is carrying out most of the FFW activities in supporting displaced families and other PRRO beneficiaries. Reports say that 110 people died including 40 children. In Uraba, an armed group killed 200 banana plantation workers near the WFP school feeding project. A return effort to the municipality of El Salado by a group of one hundred

This report includes:
(A) Middle East Region: (1) Palestinian Territories

(B) West and Central Asia Region: (1) Afghanistan, (2) Pakistan, (3) Iran

(C) East and Southern Africa Region: (1) Southern Africa Region, (2) Kenya, (3) Burundi, (4) Uganda

(D) Central Africa Region: (1) Angola, (2) Namibia, (3) Democratic Republic of Congo

(E) Latin America and Caribbean Region: (1) Colombia, (2) Ecuador

(F) West Africa Region: (1) Liberia, (2) Guinea

(G) Asia Region: (1) Sri Lanka

From Francesco Strippoli, Director of