Executive summary

This plan seeks to provide support to the core programmes of Pakistan Red Crescent Society for the coming two years, 2010-2011. The plan focuses on four core areas: disaster management, health and care, organisational development and the promotion of humanitarian principles and values.

In the context of Asia Pacific Zone, its demographic, socio-economic and environmental trends, and the International Federation's strategic priorities, South Asia remains one of the most disadvantaged regions in the world and is vulnerable to health and disaster-related risks due to poor socio-economic conditions. The region has some of the highest levels of poverty, being home to about half of the world's poor (1). Although the region has seen some economic and social progress over the last decade,

Le rapport, intitulé, Diarrhée - Pourquoi les enfants meurent encore et ce que l'on peut faire, contient des informations sur les causes des maladies diarrhéiques, des données sur l'accès aux moyens de prévention et de traitement, et un plan en 7 points pour réduire les décès dus à la diarrhée.

PARIS, Sept 2, 2009 (AFP) - Africa and much of south Asia face extreme risk from climate change but top carbon polluters will be relatively shielded from its ravages, according a ranking of 166 nations obtained by AFP Wednesday.

Somalia, Haiti and Afghanistan top the Climate Change Vulnerability Index, calculated from dozens of variables measuring the capacity of a country to cope with the consequences of global warming.

"We wanted to look at what is going to impact human populations," explained Fiona Place, senior environmental

A Regional Climate Change Conference
31 August - 1 September 2009
Kathmandu, Nepal

The Government of Nepal hosted the South Asia Regional Climate Change Conference: "From Kathmandu to Copenhagen: A Vision for Addressing Climate Change Risks and Opportunities in the Himalaya Region" on August 31 - September 1, 2009. The Right Honorable Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr. Madhav Kumar Nepal, inaugurated the conference. The conference was attended by Ministers, members of the parliament and

I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES

- Jean-Maurice Ripert of France has been appointed Special UN Envoy for Assistance to Pakistan.

- UN completed a high-level mission to Mingora in Swat District to assess the prevailing humanitarian situation.

- All 4,830 schools occupied by IDPs have been vacated and rehabilitation of schools has started.

II. Situation Overview

IDP Returns: According to the

Résumé

Le présent rapport propose un aperçu de l'avancée de la mise en oeuvre de la Stratégie internationale de prévention des catastrophes en réponse à la demande de l'Assemblée générale dans sa résolution 63/216. Alors que des progrès considérables ont été réalisés dans la mise en oeuvre du Cadre d'action de Hyogo, notamment des améliorations au niveau des capacités internationales et la préparation aux catastrophes,

In Hyderabad, the second spell of monsoon rains began on Thursday night and continued intermittently till Friday.

Parts of the city plunged into darkness with the onset of the rains but by and large main roads in the city, Latifabad and Qasimabad talukas did not get flooded.

Youths and families thronged picnic spots

I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES

- According to the Government, over 412,000 IDPs have returned to their homes in southern Swat, Buner and Dir Districts in NWFP.

- Two IDP camps, Sheikh Yasin and Sheikh Shahzad, have now been closed as the populations occupying the camps have returned to their areas of origin. These two camps were also the most vulnerable to flooding during the monsoon.

- IDPs in most areas of NWFP are vulnerable