Appeal No.01.76/2004
The International Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. The Federation is the world's largest humanitarian organization, and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180 countries. All international assistance to support vulnerable communities seeks to adhere to the Code of Conduct and the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, according to the SPHERE Project.

The U.S. government is the largest single donor of food aid to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe. With this contribution, U.S. government food donations to the WFP for Zimbabwe since November 2001 total more than 298,000 MT, valued at approximately

The government last week announced that it would send $200,000 in cash, and a 119 emergency task team to Iran.

In addition, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said that it would dispatch Thursday a 19-strong medical team.

The decision on providing more aid came at Tuesday's cabinet meeting, in response to which the Iranian government has expressed its gratitude, said Cho Young-dong, minister of the government information agency.

After consultation with Congress, Secretary of State Powell determined that, due to the extraordinary humanitarian needs created by this earthquake, it is in the national interest of the United States to issue additional licenses that will enable the Department of State and USAID as well as U.S. NGOs to export to Iran certain items

• demonstrate tangible benefits of peace;
  
  
• iincrease the amount and exchange of information and diverse points of view on peace issues among various levels of society and within different communities and,
  
  
• reduce or prevent incidents of violence in conflict-prone communities.

I. National Programs

Angola

This report is based on information provided by the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team in Bam, an OCHA officer deployed to the Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Tehran, as well as by OCHA headquarters.

Urgent Request

The Deputy Governor General of Kerman is URGENTLY requesting around 4,000 field latrines and the same number of field showers. The local companies are able to produce only 100 - 200

BACKGROUND

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, on December 26, 2003 at 05:27 am local time, an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck Kerman Province in southeastern Iran. The epicenter of the earthquake, with a depth of 10 km, was near the city of Bam, 180 km southeast of the provincial capital of Kerman and 975 km southeast of Tehran.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination

An Il-76 plane will fly from the Ramenskoye airfield on December 31. It will deliver to the Iranian province of Kerman warm clothes, blankets, tents, stoves, water purification plants and electricity generators.

As Yuri Brazhnikov, Deputy Minister, has announced, the next flight of a ministry plane with humanitarian cargo is being planned early next month.