WHO: John Ging (OCHA), Ted Chaiban (UNICEF), David Kaatrud (WFP),
Dominique Burgeon (FAO), Neil Buhne (UNDP), Mabingue Ngom (UNFPA), Mohammed Abdiker (IOM) and Mike Bowers (MercyCorps)

WHAT: Mission to Afghanistan and Pakistan

WHEN: 26 May to 1 June 2013

WHERE: Kabul, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad and Sindh

Emergency Directors from United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners will travel to Afghanistan and Pakistan from 26 May to 1 June.

With 1.4 million people still living in camps, and a majority of the people in Darfur still suffering from inadequate access to basic health care, education and other services, the challenges remain enormous.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Over 170 people have died and 225,000 displaced as a result of flash flooding

• Food Security: Aid agencies urged to adopt ‘no regrets response’ to build on regional food security gains

• Renewed attempts made to address cross border and incountry insecurity in eastern Africa, namely in Somalia, DRC and Kenya.

• Regional Migration: An estimated 9.15 million people are currently displaced in the region: 2,012,531 are refugees and 7,141,442 are IDPs

The UN’s senior humanitarian representative in the Sahel region of West Africa has called on the international community to maintain its commitment to millions of people who face another year threatened by malnutrition, displacement, conflict and high food prices.

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Faits saillants

• Près de 80% des personnes déplacées dans la zone de Masango (Uvira) sont retournées chez elles
• Faciliter la participation de 600 élèves déplacés et retournés au test national de fin d’études primaires
• La liberté de mouvement des civils fortement restreinte sur les axes Uvira – Baraka et Fizi – Kilembwe

Faryab is currently the most conflict-affected province in the Northern region. While needs are on the rise, funding has declined and the presence of international humanitarian staff is lower than in previous years.

Background and key facts

In 1934, the fault line than runs beneath the Kathmandu valley slipped. The magnitude 8.4 earthquake that followed destroyed more than 80,000 buildings and claimed 8,500 lives. It was the last earthquake to shake the city of Kathmandu and surrounding valley. Almost 80 years later, UN agencies and the government are determined to be better prepared for the next one.

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Conditions in many of Darfur's nearly 100 displacement camps have deteriorated as the number of organizations with expertise in delivering basic services has decreased.