Conference report, Monday 12 - Thursday 15 September 2011 (WP1093)

By Richard Horsey

The Zimbabwe case study examines the protection implications of the multiple crises that the country has been going through in recent years: economic, social and political. It looks at how communities perceive the threats that they face, and the steps that they take to protect themselves from these threats.

Introduction

Report of findings of multi-sector, inter-agency assessment on humanitarian needs in the districts of Satkhira, Khulna and Jessore. Field research conducted 8th-12th September 2011.

Executive summary

INTRODUCTION

• An estimated 12 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in East Africa .

• Aid agencies in Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya have reported high rates of acute malnutrition as well as large numbers of livestock deaths and other indicators of livelihood distress.

• Numerous factors, including drought, the protracted conflict in Somalia, rising food prices, seasonal floods and localised resource conflicts are contributing to a deepening crisis.

OVERVIEW

Summary

The present report is submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to resolution 64/226. It provides a status report and an analysis of the current challenges to the delivery of relief and rehabilitation assistance by the United Nations and its partners to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

I. Introduction

Summary

The present report has been prepared pursuant to General Assembly resolution 65/264, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to continue to improve the international response to natural disasters and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. It provides an overview of the occurrence of disasters associated with natural hazards and highlights emerging trends. The report describes several key challenges and looks at progress made in various areas. It concludes with a number of recommendations.