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21 Oct 2009

the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia + 4 others
Serbia, Russia agree to establish joint humanitarian center

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— Xinhua
BELGRADE, Oct 21, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Serbia and Russia agreed here on Wednesday to establish a joint humanitarian center in the southern Serbian city of Nis for immediate response to emergencies such as fire, floods and earthquakes.

Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic and Russian Minister for Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu signed a plan on the center's initial stage of development.

Later, the two leaders told a joint press conference that the center should serve the entire region and offer quick

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03 Apr 2008

Serbia + 1 other
Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo (Focus on Kosovo): Appeal No. MAACS001 Final Report 2006-2007

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— IFRC
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This report covers the period of 01/01/2006 to 31/12/2007 of a two-year planning and appeal process.

In brief

Programme summary: In 2006 and 2007 the International Federation of Red Cross and RedCrescent Societies together with the Red Cross units of Kosovo achieved many of the planned objectives and initiated a number of long-term development issues, despite an invariable lack of funding. A high programme implementation rate of 89 per cent (expenses versus funding) shows that within the financial framework available, a maximum level of support was provided to the local

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03 Apr 2008

Bosnia and Herzegovina + 6 others
Central Europe Appeal No. MAA66001 Report 2006 - 2007

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— IFRC
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This report covers the period of 01/01/2006 to 31/12/2007 of a two-year planning and appeal process.

In brief

Programme summary: The National Societies of central Europe, as part of their health and care activities, set the prevention of HIV and TB as high priorities. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies supported the transfer of skills and knowledge by ensuring that professional medical experts, health institutions, Red Cross volunteers and targeted direct beneficiaries were involved in all phases of the project planning, implementation and

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20 Jun 2007

Serbia
World Bank approves five operations for Serbia

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— World Bank


Projects support Serbia's Regional Development, Agricultural Competitiveness, Flood Control, Road Rehabilitation and Safety, and Energy Efficiency

Press Release No:2007/450/ECA

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22 Aug 2006

Serbia + 1 other
Serbia and Montenegro: Floods/Landslides DREF Bulletin no. MDRYU001 Final Report

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— IFRC
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The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in 185 countries.
In Brief

Period covered by this Final Report: 1 April to 31 July, 2006.

History of this Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF)-funded operation:

- CHF 128,150 (USD 103,610 or EUR 81,964) allocated from the Federations DREF on 12 April, 2006 to respond to the needs of this operation, or to replenish disaster preparedness stocks distributed to the affected population.

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25 Jul 2006

Bosnia and Herzegovina + 7 others
Central Europe Appeal no. MAA66001 Programme Update no. 1

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— IFRC
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The Federation's vision is to strive, through voluntary action, for a world of empowered communities, better able to address human suffering and crises with hope, respect for dignity and a concern for equity. Its mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 185 countries.
In Brief

Period covered: 1 January to 31 May 2006

Appeal target: The appeal budget for 2006-2007 was revised from CHF 3,925,000 (USD 3,152,415 or EUR 2,498,000)

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24 May 2006

Serbia + 1 other
Serbia and Montenegro: Greece sends humanitarian aid to flood-stricken parts of Vojvodina

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— Government of Serbia
Belgrade, May 24, 2006 - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica met today with humanitarian worker from Greece Kyriaki Panayiotidou and expressed gratitude for all humanitarian support given to Serbia in the past decade.
Kostunica pointed out that traditional and deep friendship is what connects Serbia and Greece, adding that the two countries cherish political, cultural and economic connections.

Panayiotidou said that Serbia and Greece are great friends and that she is very pleased to be able to help those who are most in need.

She said that the reason for her visit

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09 May 2006

Serbia + 1 other
Rains plague Serbia with floods, landslides

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— Caritas
Vatican City, 9 May 2006 - Caritas Serbia and Montenegro is appealing for over 35,000 USD in order to continue to help victims of flooding that ravaged the region for most of April, not only in the areas along the Danube river basin and its tributaries, but also central Serbia, which was battered well before the Danube began to overrun its riverbanks.

Thousands of people were forced to flee their homes after heavy rains throughout March and April resulted in flooding and landslides. Initially the areas worst affected were in the south-central

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08 May 2006

Serbia + 1 other
Serbia and Montenegro: Floods/Landslides DREF Bulletin no. MDRYU001

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— IFRC
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The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries.
In Brief

This DREF Bulletin is being issued based on the situation described below reflecting the information available at this time. CHF 128,150 (USD 103,610 or EUR 81,964) was allocated from the Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to respond to the needs in this operation, or to replenish disaster preparedness stocks distributed

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03 May 2006

Serbia + 1 other
Damage from floods and landslides in Serbia totals €11 mln

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— Government of Serbia
Belgrade, May 3, 2006 - Serbian Minister of Capital Investment Velimir Ilic said today that according to estimates of the Serbian government, the damage from floods and landslides in Serbia totals €11 million, while 500 million dinars have already been invested as an emergency intervention and advance for beginning of construction works.
Opening the 32nd international construction fair, Ilic said that the estimated damage from landslides and rockslides on the roads in Serbia alone stands at 3 billion dinars, and it is expected
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03 May 2006

Serbia + 1 other
ADRA helps flood survivors in Serbia

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— Adventist Development and Relief Agency International
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International is providing emergency management supplies for families in Serbia that have been driven from their homes by landslides and heavy flooding in March and April.

ADRA is providing items such as food parcels, hygiene parcels, and rubber boots for 2,100 families in the affected municipalities of Zrenjanin, Beocin, Secanj, Golubac, Smederevo, Belgrade, Titel, and Trstneik. The intervention, which will last three weeks, will begin distribution during the second week of May. It will secure the hygiene

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03 May 2006

Serbia + 1 other
MCC prepares response for flood relief in Serbia

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— Mennonite Central Committee
Gladys Terichow
Thousands of people in communities along the Danube River and its tributaries in Serbia were forced out of their homes in April because of flooding.

State of Emergency

A state of emergency was declared in about 10 municipalities and in some areas water damaged houses, farmland and infrastructure, according to Amela Puljek-Shank, an MCC regional co-representative in Serbia, in a telephone interview today.

MCC is working with a local Serbian partner, Bread of Life, to provide support for flood relief efforts in the capital city of Belgrade, a city of 10.5 million.

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02 May 2006

Serbia + 1 other
ACT Update Serbia Floods No. 1/2006: ACT members in Serbia preparing co-ordinated response to Floods

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— Action by Churches Together International
The ACT members in Serbia held a meeting in Novi Sad on 27 April to discuss the present flood situation and a possible ACT response. It was felt that there is a strong need for contingency plans as the situation is still very volatile and fluid. It is still unclear whether the dykes, which are saturated by water, will hold. If they break, the situation will become extremely serious.
It was agreed that the ACT members should plan to respond to the actual situation. Information can be included in the Appeal explaining that the situation may deteriorate drastically and
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02 May 2006

Serbia + 3 others
CWS Appeal - Serbia floods

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— Church World Service
In April the River Danube broke through flood protection, driving hundreds of families from their homes and swamping thousands of acres of farmland in Serbia, Romania and Hungry. The river has risen to a 111-year record high, displacing hundreds of people across the Balkans and has placed tens of thousands more at risk.
One of the affected areas is Serbia's Smederevo district, some 30 miles southeast of Belgrade. There, 450 families who survived the floods -- some 2,250 persons in all, including 900 Roma persons -- are coping with lost or heavily damaged homes, as well as other
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30 Apr 2006

Algeria + 18 others
OCHA - Geneva Natural Disasters Highlights No. 4

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Pakistan earthquake: six months after
8 October - 8 April - Six months after the earthquake, reconstruction has begun in countless villages and hamlets. The internally displaced persons are gradually returning to their place of origin.

The relief efforts have been relatively successful. A second wave of deaths was avoided. No massive population movements took place. No epidemics broke out. More than 500,000 tents were delivered; some 5 million-iron sheets were distributed; over 6 million blankets/quilts were provided. A nutrition survey

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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28 Apr 2006

Serbia + 3 others
Disaster relief response to South East Europe floods

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— World Society for the Protection of Animals
The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) is helping the disaster relief effort in flooded South East Europe by funding groups delivering animal aid to the worst hit areas.
Thousands of people and their farm animals have been displaced and hectares of land flooded across Serbia and Montenegro, Romania and Bulgaria. Initial estimates from the municipal governments in Serbia and Montenegro place farm damage alone at $44m dollars.

In Romania 6,000 farm animals have been evacuated to higher ground, 73,000 hectares of land are submerged and losses

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27 Apr 2006

Hungary + 4 others
Report on April 2006 floods in South Eastern Europe

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— Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe
This report is based on information obtained by the DPPI SEE Secretariat as of April 26, 2006 and reflects the situation and the information available at this time.
Background

While Balkans are still reeling from devastating floods which killed scores of people and left thousands homeless last summer, rapid rises in temperature, melting snow and heavy rainfall have pushed the Danube to its highest level for more than a century. Europe's second-longest river has swept across hundreds of thousands of hectares in Central and South Eastern Europe this month forcing people on the Danube's

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25 Apr 2006

Serbia + 1 other
Serbia and Montenegro: No mass intestinal infections in seven flood-hit districts

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— Government of Serbia
Belgrade, April 25, 2006 - State Secretary of the Serbian Ministry of Health Nevena Karanovic stated today that in seven flood-stricken districts in Serbia health centres are working 24 hours a day but so far no mass intestinal infections have been recorded.
At a press conference held at the Serbian Health Care Institute Milan Jovanovic Batut, Karanovic said that towns in imminent danger of floods are Beocin, Sabac and Indjija in the Southern Banat, Macva and Srem districts respectively. The conference concerned the results of epidemiological and sanitary surveillance in endangered
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25 Apr 2006

Serbia + 3 others
Serbia and Montenegro/Romania/Hungary: Foreign ministers urge co-operation in dealing with floods

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— Southeast European Times
The need for better flood prevention and disaster relief efforts was high on the agenda of a recent meeting among the foreign ministers of Hungary, Romania and Serbia-Montenegro.

By Igor Jovanovic for Southeast European Times in Belgrade - 25/04/06

The foreign ministers of Hungary, Romania and Serbia-Montenegro -- Ferenc Somogy, Mihai Razvan Ungureanu and Vuk Draskovic, respectively -- met on 19 April in Novi Sad. The talks took place amid severe flooding that has inundated the region, causing millions of euros in agricultural losses and forcing a halt to shipping on the Danube.

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