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DPR Korea: Appeal No. 01.48/2001 Programme Update No. 2

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Appeal Target CHF 11, 826,783 (USD 7 million/ EUR 8 million)
Period covered: July - December 2001
Programme Update No. 1 issued 18 July 2001
"At a Glance"

Appeal coverage: 61.1%
Related Appeals: East Asia regional appeals (01.37/2002)
Outstanding needs: CHF 4,601,449 (USD 2.7 million/EUR 3.1 million)

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DPR Korea: Typhoon appeal No. 25/2000 - Final report

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Launched on: 19 September 2000 for 3 months for CHF 950, 000 (USD 559, 000/EUR 642, 000)
Revised budget: CHF 596,124 (USD 351,000/EUR 403, 000) and 3 months extension
Beneficiaries: 12,000 people
Period covered: October 2000 to September 2001
Last. Update issued 14 February 2001
"At a glance"

Appeal coverage: Covered
Related Appeals DPR Korea (01.38/2002); East Asia regional programmes (01.37/2002)

The Disaster/Situation Typhoon Prapiroon (Tropical Storm 12) battered the north-east coast of the Democratic

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US DOS/US NIC: Global humanitarian emergencies: Trends and projections, 2001-2002

The U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC) has released a report identifying 20 humanitarian emergencies worldwide, affecting approximately 42 million people. "Global Humanitarian Emergencies: Trends and Projections, 2001-2002" predicts that the international community will continue to respond and provide aid to these countries, but that resources will remain below needs.
The total of 20 emergencies is an improvement over the previous year's finding of 25 humanitarian emergencies. Internal conflict, severe government repression, and natural disaster are some of
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DPR Korea: Appeal No. 01.48/2001 Programme Update No. 1

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This Programme Update is intended for reporting on Annual Appeals.
Appeal Target: CHF 11,826,783

Period covered: 1 January - 30 June 2001

"At a Glance"

Appeal coverage: 51.3%

Related Appeals: 01.47/01 East Asia regional programmes

Outstanding needs: CHF 5,763,384

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ACT Appeal DPRK: Relief & Rehabilitation - ASKP-11

Appeal Target: US$ 1,930,000
Geneva, 20 March 2001

Dear Colleagues,

The past year has seen dramatic improvements in DPR Korea's relations with South Korea and the wider international community. Their impact on the current economic malaise, however, remains to be seen. In the meantime, the country is still in the grip of a continuing complex emergency further exacerbated by bitterly cold winter months.

The focus of concern for international NGOs active in DPR Korea remains on the plight of children in residential

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General Map of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

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DPR Korea: Typhoon Appeal No. 25/2000 Situation Report No. 4

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(programme extension to March) - Period covered: 1 December 2000 - 31 January 2001

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IFAD to assist a USD 41.77 million food security project in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Release No. IFAD/01/2001
Rome, 11 January 2001 - A USD 41.77 million project the 'Uplands Food Security Project' in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, will receive a USD 24.44 million loan from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). A loan agreement was signed today at the Fund's Headquarters by H.E. Kim Hung Rim and John Westley, Vice - President of the Fund.

The project area comprises 46 cooperative farms in two clusters - Samsu and Phungso counties in the northern province of Ryanggang and Gocksan and Singye counties in the southern province of

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WFP Head releases World Hunger Map and warns of hunger "hot spots" in 2001

NEW YORK - Today, Catherine Bertini, the head of the United Nations World Food Programme, presented a World Hunger Map, which illustrates the extent of global hunger, now estimated as affecting 830 million people around the world. She used the map to show that millions went hungry not just because of conflict or natural disaster but also because of the effects of being poor.
Bertini warned today of a tough year ahead for millions of people trapped in poverty and numerous hunger 'hot spots' around the world, indicating that war and drought will continue
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Background: WFP identifies 2001 Hot Spots


MEDIA BRIEF: WFP's HUNGER MAP AND HUNGER HOT SPOTS 2001
As the UN's frontline agency in the global fight against hunger, WFP has long produced vulnerability assessment maps for individual countries where it runs operations.

The WFP Hunger Map gives the macro view of world hunger, helping to locate the estimated 830 million undernourished people who live across the globe.

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DPR Korea: Typhoon Appeal No. 25/2000 Situation Report No. 3

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Revised Budget - Period covered: 5 October 2000 - 30 November 2000

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Disasters Leave North Korea on Verge of Another Famine

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Written by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports
Thousands of starving North Koreans finally received help when their government conceded to a severe famine more than five years ago. After thousands had died from hunger, North Korea appealed for international aid, opening its border to relief agencies. The media began reporting that the country was recovering, but this year's failed crops threaten to hurl North Korea back into a desperate situation, relief agencies warn.

Following a drought in the spring and

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DPR Korea: Humanitarian Situation Information Bulletin Nov 2000


Information Bulletin #8/2000

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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

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WFP DPR Korea Update No 22

November 2000
WFP Executive Director Catherine Bertini officially launched the Consolidated Appeal for DPRK on 29 November. The Appeal, which covers the entire humanitarian community requirements for 2001 is valued at US$386 million.

Launching the Appeal from Stockholm, Ms. Bertini drew attention to the fact that "An entire generation of children has been severely damaged by the food crisis in North Korea".

For 2001 WFP has tailored it's Emergency Operation (EMOP) to tie in with the inter-agency consolidated appeal. The

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Appeal for 2001 for DPR Korea: Overview by UN Humanitarian Coordinator

CONSOLIDATED INTER-AGENCY APPEAL FOR 2001 FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
OVERVIEW BY THE UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR DAVID MORTON

STOCKHOLM 29 NOVEMBER 2000

Our observations confirm that the condition of children has improved since the peak of the crisis in 1996/97, but their health is still at risk and the crisis continues - it is by no means over. In fact, this year's poor harvest threatens a reversal if we do not address the situation.

To understand why the DPRK continues to need humanitarian assistance for the sixth year running, we need to

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WFP Emergency Report No. 46 of 2000

This report includes: (A) West and Central Asia: (1) Afghanistan, (2) Tajikistan, (3) Georgia, (4) Armenia (B) West Africa Coastal: (1) Regional, (2) Sierra Leone (C) Palestinian Territory (D) East Timor (E) Kenya (F) Mozambique (G) Uganda (H) Angola (I) FR Yugoslavia / Kosovo (J) DPR Korea
From Francesco Strippoli, Senior Humanitarian Adviser. Available on the Internet on the WFP Home Page (www.wfp.org), or by e-mail from Zlatan.Milisic@wfp.org. For information on resources, donors are requested to contact Valerie.Sequeira@wfp.org at WFP Rome, telephone
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East Asia: Humanitarian Assistance Appeal No. 01.29/2000 Situation Report No. 1

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period covered: 1 January - 31 October 2000

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DPR Korea braces for seventh year of food shortages

Rome, 15 November, 2000 -- Severe drought, typhoons, poor infrastructure and economic problems mean that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK/North Korea) is facing its seventh consecutive year of food shortages,
United Nations agencies warned today.
A joint Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme mission reports "a sizeable reduction" in rice and maize production in the year 2000. The rice crop alone is 31 percent lower, while maize output
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International aid said saving ''hundreds of thousands'' in N. Korea

Beijing (dpa) - Humanitarian aid from the world community over the past five years has saved ''hundreds of thousands of lives'' in North Korea, but the famine-hit country is facing another harsh winter, Duncan MacLaren, the secretary general of the Catholic aid organization Caritas Internationalis, said on Tuesday.

Drought and a typhoon this summer has dashed earlier hopes for a better harvest, MacLaren said in Beijing following a one-week trip to North Korea.

A harvest of only 3.2 million tons of grain is expected this year, a shortfall of 1.6 million tons, following

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