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23 Feb 2007

Sudan
Harassment of humanitarian workers in Darfur: European Commission insists on respect for international humanitarian law by all parties

Report

IP/07/232

Brussels, 23 February 2007 - The European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel, expressed his "grave concern over the continuing violence against civilians in the Sudanese province of Darfur, as well as about the deteriorating security conditions for humanitarian organisations". He launched "a new appeal to all parties involved in the conflict to guarantee the integrity of humanitarian organisations and respect for their personnel - to allow them safely to carry out their assistance and protection mission, where

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21 Feb 2007

Timor-Leste
Humanitarian aid in favour of the people of Timor Leste affected by the internal crisis

Report

— European Commission

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Location of operation: East Timor

Amount of Decision: EUR 1,500,000

Decision reference number: ECHO/TMP/BUD/2007/01000

Explanatory Memorandum

1 - Rationale, needs and target population.

1.1. - Rationale:

Four years after Timor Leste gained full sovereignty in 2002, the apparent stability that the country seemed to enjoy has given way to civil strife and communal violence, leading to the displacement of large numbers of people throughout the country. The crisis began with the dismissal in March 2006 of 594 soldiers, representing 35%

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20 Feb 2007

Somalia
Monitoring agricultural vegetation in Somalia using SPOT VGT vegetation index, AFRICOVER and ECMWF global meteorological modelling No. 04

Report

— European Commission

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10-day product: 01 – 10 February 2007

Agricultural areas

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) with Deyr 06/07
floods polygons in red (kindly provided by FAO –SWALIM project)
Absolute difference w.r.t. previous year (Act. – Prev.)
Period: February 2007
Dekad: I

Highlights

Rainfall

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20 Feb 2007

occupied Palestinian territory + 3 others
Crop monitoring for food security: South and East Mediterranean countries situation at the end of Jan 2007 - Agro-meteorological overview for winter crops

Report

— European Commission

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Introduction

The present Bulletin is dedicated to the analysis of the agro-meteorological situation in the non-European countries of the Mediterranean basin during the period from the beginning of December 2006 to the end of January 2007. This is a period for the first stages of winter crops development in most countries of the region. Practically in all countries, wheat and barley are the main winter crops. Additionally, sugar beets are cultivated in winter in Israel, as well as potatoes in Morocco. The main part of winter crops is cultivated in rain-fed conditions.

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13 Feb 2007

Eritrea
Crop monitoring bulletin for Eritrea - Nov 2006 - Jan 2007

Report

— European Commission

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Highlights:

The rainfalls in November and December have been quite above normal in the North Red Sea region. January rainfalls are now close to normal. Crop conditions appears above normal and above last year in all the sub-zoba of the North Red Sea region. Due to the very good rains in December, the NDVI map reflects globally a clear increase of the vegetation conditions compared to last year, particularly in January and for the south of the North Red sea region.

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09 Feb 2007