ReliefWeb

01 Jan 1991

Saint Lucia
General Map of St. Lucia

Map

01 Jan 1991

France
France - Shaded Relief Map

Map

01 Jan 1991

Jordan
Jordan - Shaded Relief Map

Map

01 Jan 1991

India
Indian States and Union Territories (Clickable)

Map

— Government of India

This clickable map links to maps of districts of india.

01 Jan 1991

Guam
Guam - Political Map

Map

01 Jan 1991

Djibouti
Djibouti - Shaded Relief Map

Map

01 Jan 1991

Iceland
Iceland - Shaded Relief Map

Map

01 Jan 1991

Iraq
Wheat and Barley Production in Iraq - 1991

Map

— Government of the United States of America

Source: Official USDA Data

01 Jan 1991

Bhutan
Bhutan - Political

Map

— Government of the United States of America

01 Jan 1991

Bangladesh
Bangladesh Density of Population

Map

— Government of Bangladesh

— UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

01 Jan 1991

World
Manual for Estimating the Socio-Economic Effects of Natural Disasters

Report

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This report outlines the methodology of an evaluation tool for determining sectoral and overall effects of a disaster, to guide post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction processes. For this purpose, it discusses the following issues:

- Methodological and conceptual aspects
- Social sectors
- Infrastructure
- Economic sectors
- Global effects and damage

The tool is aimed at professional evaluating the socio-economic impact of disasters in situations where little reliable quantitative information is available.

— Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

01 Jan 1991

World
Guidelines for Aid Agencies on Involuntary Displacement and Resettlement in Development Projects

Report

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This document calls on project designers and implementers to ensure that the population displaced by a project receives benefits from the changes and that it is re-established on a sound productive basis. The paper explains:

What basic elements should be considered in preparing a resettlement action plan
How the local community can be involved
What role the donor can assume in the process
What consequences of planning and implementation are effective.

The guidelines aim to codify in a systematic manner some of the best practices in this domain.

01 Jan 1991

World
OFDA Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1990

Report

— US Agency for International Development

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During FY 1990, OFDA responded to 53 disasters affecting more than 52 million people in 44 countries. Many of the disasters required a complex mix of financial and staff resources. For those disasters which required considerably less OFDA resources, usually those declaration which were limited to the US$25,000 Ambassador's Authority. During FY 1990, the U.S. spent about US$5 billion in total as disaster assistance.

In the disaster case reports, the listings of assistance by the U.S. Voluntary Agencies and the International Community

30 Dec 1990

Costa Rica
Costa Rica - Earthquake Dec 1990 UNDRO Situation Reports 1-2

Report

UNDRO 90/2005
COSTA RICA - EARTHQUAKE
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 1
30 DECEMBER 1990

1. ON 22 DECEMBER 1990, EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.8 ON RICHTER SCALE HIT NORTHERN PART OF COSTA RICA, FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF AFTERSHOCKS OF LESS MAGNITUDE UNTIL 25 DECEMBER 1990.

2. ON 28 DECEMBER 1990, GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

21 Dec 1990

Yemen
Yemen Returnees Dec 1990 UNDRO Situation Report No. 1

Report

UNDRO 90/1989

YEMEN - RETURNEES
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO.1
21 DECEMBER 1990

1. RECENT POLITICAL EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST HAVE MADE YEMENI
IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN KUWAIT AND SAUDI ARABIA RETURN HOME.

2. MOVEMENT OF RETURNEES BEGAN IN AUGUST 90 AND HAS CONTINUED
SINCE THEN. RECENT REPORTS ESTIMATE PRESENT NUMBER OF RETURNEES
AT APPROX. 800 000.

3. MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IS NATIONAL AUTHORITY
RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING EXTERNAL AID.

4. GOVT AND RED CRESCENT HAVE ESTABLISHED RECEPTION POINTS.

21 Dec 1990

Greece
Greece Earthquake Dec 1990 UNDRO Information Report No. 1

Report

UNDRO 90/1988

GREECE - EARTHQUAKE
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
21 DECEMBER 1990

1. EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED ABOUT 50 KMS NORTH OF THESSALONIKI, GREECE, 6.57 HRS GMT, 21 DECEMBER.

2. ACCORDING TO US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER AT LATITUDE 40.9 NORTH, LONGITUDE 22.5 EAST, MAGNITUDE 6.1 ON THE RICHTER SCALE.

3. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATES DAMAGE TO HOUSING, ONE DEATH IN AFFECTED AREA. POWER AND TELEPHONE CUT IN SOME VILLAGES. EARTHQUAKE ALSO FELT IN YUGOSLAVIA AND BULGARIA.

ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 414242 DRO CH +

20 Dec 1990

Zambia
Zambia Cholera Outbreak Dec 1990 UN DHA Situation Report No. 1

Report

UNDRO 90/1985

ZAMBIA - CHOLERA OUTBREAK - UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 1

1. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTED CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN THREE PROVINCES (NORTHERN, LUAPULA AND COPPERBELT) SINCE EARLY DECEMBER. PRESIDENT APPEALED TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO
ASSIST AND PROVIDE EMERGENCY AID TO FIGHT SPEAD OF DISEASE IN SOME PARTS OF COUNTRY.

2. IN CONSULTATION WITH UNDRO, WHO TAKING APPROPRIATE MEASURES AND COMMUNICATED FOLLOWING SITUATION.

NEW CASE

DISCHARGED

IN TREATMENT

DEATHS

TOTAL

17 Dec 1990

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran Floods Dec 1990 UNDRO Information Report 1

Report

UNDRO 90/1952

IRAN - EARTHQUAKE
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
17 DEC 1990

1. UNDRO/UNDP REPRESENTATIVE IN TEHRAN REPORTS EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 6.5 DEGREE ON RICHTER SCALE STRUCK SOUTHERN IRAN MONDAY 17 DEC AT 1:50 A.M LOCAL TIME. EPICENTRE LOCATED 700 KM SOUTH TEHRAN IN BUSHEHR AREA. GOVT RELIEF TEAMS IMMEDIATELY DISPATCHED TO AREA. SITUATION APPEARS UNDER CONTROL WITH NO REPORTED LOSS OF LIFE. 16 PEOPLE INJURED AND FEW HOUSES BADLY DAMAGED.

ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 414242 DRO CH +

DPR 310 IRA