'The new shipment is in addition to the 4,800 woollen blankets, 330,000 water purification tablets and 1,080 vials of tetanus immunoglobulin sent to Pakistan last week,' Mr Billson said.

'Australia is responding to fears of significant winter hardship and will send a further 1,000 sleeping bags

Within hours of the earthquake, CRS was conducting vital needs assessments in some of the most devastated areas.

Two DACAAR teams of water supply technicians and engineers are now sent to the Mansehra district in Pakistan.

Mansehra being close to the epicenter of the earthquake 8 October is one of the districts suffering from severe loss and damages, and with an urgent need to restore water supplyfacilities.

As a well positioned and experienced development agency in NWFP, North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, DACAAR has been requested by UNICEF to carry out emergency assistance after the

Highlights
- Lack of adequate shelter is still the main challenge for the earthquake affected population.

- Total number of patients evacuated by helicopter to hospitals outside of the affected areas (Islamabad, Rawalpindi,

Chakwal, Jehlum, Taxila and Gujarat) has now reached almost 20,000. The daily number of air evacuations to hospitals has decreased to 80. Of the over 13,000 surgical operations carried out in these hospitals, 436 required amputations.

I. Affected Population -- trends and analysis

This Situation Report is based on information compiled and received by the Resident Coordinator's Office in Nicaragua and OCHA Regional Office in Panama.

Situation

1. On 29 October, Tropical storm Beta became a hurricane. Hurricane Beta hit Nicaragua's Caribbean coast in Karabal and Sandy Bay, with heavy rains and powerful winds on 30 October, at 4 am local time as thousands of people tried to avoid its consequences by

The InterAction members listed here are accepting contributions for assistance they or their affiliates are providing to those affected by the earthquake in South Asia.
InterAction has also developed guidelines on the most appropriate ways to help those affected by the earthquake.

InterAction is a coalition of more than 160 US-based private relief, international development and refugee assistance organizations. InterAction members have agreed to abide by a set of standards to ensure accountability to donors, professional competence and quality of service.

As per the statement of State Department spokesman followed the presentation of the peace plan by Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli on 27 October, at the OSCE in Vienna, Austria, the United States urges rejection of the use of force and embrace of constructive dialogues as the only path to a just and lasting settlement of the conflict over Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia. The US supports Georgia's

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- Elections communales prévues pour 18 décembre 2005

- Présentation du Rapport Mondial sur le Développement Humain

1. APERCU GENERAL

La situation sécuritaire continue d'être marquée par des actes de banditisme, vols à mains armées, braquages ou autres coupeurs de route tant à Conakry qu'à l'intérieur du pays. Le dispositif de sécurité de l'armée guinéenne le long des frontières est