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01 Jan 1993

World
State of The World's Refugees 1993: The Challenge of Protection

Report
— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
With problems of refugees raising not only humanitarian and human rights concerns but also fundamental issues of international peace and security, this report examines the challenge of protection amid the dynamics of changing political realities. For this purpose, it contains the following chapters:

- Challenge of protection
- Dynamics of displacement
- Asylum under threat
- Information as protection
- Protection in times of armed conflict
- Responding to refugee emergencies
- Going home: Voluntary repatriation
- Prevention
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01 Jan 1993

World
Technical Support for Refugees

Report
— Loughborough University
This conference reports presents the results of a conference on providing appropriate and immediate technical support such as water supply, sanitation, shelter and access for refugees.

Addressing problems of poorly prepared and coordinated response and seeking to enable victims of future disasters to be helped more effectively, the conference sought to provide an opportunity for relief staff to learn from past mistakes and consider ways of improving their response.

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01 Jan 1993

World
OFDA Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1992

Report
— US Agency for International Development
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The report of the OFDA FY1992 covers natural disasters as well as civil strifes occurred during the year. With its PMP (Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Preparedness) Division, OFDA especially carried out its programs and put most of its resources on hazard-prone regions, such as Latin America, Asia and Africa. The report tells readers how and for what kind of programs had the budget been used, and to what extent the programs had benefited.
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01 Jan 1993

Afghanistan
Afghanistan Potential Agricultural Areas - 1993 Landcover

Map
— Food and Agriculture Organization
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  • Date: 01 Jan 1993
  • Type: Complex Emergency; Natural Disaster
  • Keyword(s): Agriculture
  • Format:

  • Source(s):
    - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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15 Dec 1992

Ethiopia + 3 others
Horn of Africa

Map
— Central Intelligence Agency
Please note that international boundaries are no longer current.  Map should be used for historic purposes only.
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12 Dec 1992

Indonesia
Indonesia Earthquake Dec 1992 UN DHA Situation Reports 1 - 9

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs


DHA-UNDRO 92/0816

INDONESIA - EARTHQUAKE
DHA-UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
12 DECEMBER 1992

1. ON DEC 12 1992, AT 05.29 A.M. UTC, AN EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED (LATITUDE 8.3 DEGREES SOUTH, LONGITUDE 122.0 DEGREES EAST) 80 KM NORTH/NORTHEAST OF ENDE, ISLAND FLORES. MAGNITUDE COMPUTED AT 7.5 ON RICHTER SCALE.

2. NO REPORTS YET ON POSSIBLE CASUALTIES/DAMAGE. UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR'S OFFICE IN CONTACT WITH AUTHORITIES CONCERNED.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - UNDRO GENEVA +

DESK OFFICER: E. HAEGGLUND, PHONE: 917 + EXT. 3299

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11 Dec 1992

Fiji
Fiji - Cyclone Dec 1992 UN DHA Information Report No. 1

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs
DHA-UNDRO 92/0815
FIJI - CYCLONE
DHA-UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
11 DECEMBER 1992

1. CYCLONE JONI HIT WESTERN PARTS OF FIJI, IN PARTICULAR MAIN ISLAND OF VITI LEVU.

2. NO CASUALTIES REPORTED. 500 PERSONS FOUND REFUGE IN 19 EVACUATION CENTRES ESTABLISHED IN VITI LEVU. BREAKDOWN OF ELECTRICAL POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS ALREADY REMEDIED.

3. GOVT UNDERTAKING STUDY OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

4. NO REQUEST, SO FAR, FOR OUTSIDE RELIEF ASSISTANCE.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS-UNDRO GENEVA

DESK OFFICER: E. HAEGGLUND, PHONE: 917 + EXT. 3299

TELEX: 414242 DRO CH

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10 Dec 1992

Bolivia
Bolivia - Mudslide Dec 1992 UN DHA Information Reports 1-4

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs


DHA-UNDRO 92/0805
BOLIVIA - MUDSLIDE
DHA-UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
10 DECEMBER 1992

1. AT 04.30 A.M. (LOCAL TIME) ON 8 DECEMBER 1992, AFTER TORRENTIAL RAINS, MUDSLIDE BURIED MINING CAMP LLIPI OF OVER 1,000 PEOPLE LOCATED IN LARECAJA PROVINCE, 285 KM NORTH OF LA PAZ (A 14 HOUR CAR RIDE FROM LA PAZ IN NORMAL CONDITIONS). DHA-UNDRO/UNDP REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS THAT RESCUE OPERATIONS STARTED ON SAME DAY BUT MADE DIFFICULT BY POOR ACCESS ROADS DAMAGED BY RAINS. MAIN IMMEDIATE PROBLEM WAS EVACUATION OF INJURED TO NEAREST MEDICAL CENTRE THREE HOURS AWAY BY ROAD.

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08 Dec 1992

Armenia + 1 other
Armenia/Azerbaijan Emergency Appeal Dec 1992 UNDHA Situation Report 1

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs
DHA/UNDRO 92/0798

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN
8 DECEMBER 1992

A. INTRODUCTION

1. IN RESPONSE TO INCREASINGLY ALARMING REPORTS CONCERNING THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN ARMENIA AND IN AZERBAIJAN, MISSIONS HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED BY AGENCIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM IN ORDER TO OBTAIN FIRST HAND INFORMATION ON THE SITUATION IN THESE TWO COUNTRIES. THE MISSIONS HAVE CONFIRMED THE NEED FOR THE IMMEDIATE LAUNCHING OF AN EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAMME. AT THE SAME TIME, THE
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04 Dec 1992

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
St. Vincent Floods Dec 1992 UN DHA Information Report 1

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs
UNDRO 92/0793

ST. VINCENT - FLOODS
DHA-UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
4 DECEMBER 1992

1. DHA-UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN BARBADOS REPORTS FOLLOWING. COMMENCING SUNDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 1992, ST. VINCENT HAS SUFFERED HEAVY RAINS CAUSING SEVERE LOCAL FLOODING. VIOLENT
TROPICAL STORMS CAUSED THE AIRPORT TO BE CLOSED (SINCE RE-OPENED). A RIVER BURST ITS BANKS AT MESOPOTAMIA, RESULTING IN THE DEATHS OF 3 CHILDREN.

2. COASTAL ROADS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISLAND WERE PARTIALLY BLOCKED BY LANDSLIDES, AND HOUSING HAS BEEN DAMAGED.
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01 Dec 1992

World
The Silent Emergency: HIV/AIDS in Conflicts and Disasters

Report
— UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development
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This conference report offers information on how HIV/AIDS does or does not inform policies of key emergency actors and identifies policy gaps in relation to HIV/AIDS prevention and care for refugees and displaced people.

Giving recommendations for humanitarian agencies, the report is based on a one day seminar, "Silent Emergency: HIV/AIDS in Conflicts and Disasters", held in London in June 1999.
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01 Dec 1992

World
Guidelines on Aid and Environment

Report
— Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) seeks to improve and co-ordinate Member policies which will integrate development and environment imperatives. The Guidelines are designed to help policy makers and practitioners address serious national, regional and international environmental problems.

Guidelines No. 3: Guidelines for Aid Agencies on Involuntary Displacement and Resettlement in Development Projects calls on project designers and implementors to ensure that the population displaced by a project receives benefits from the changes and that it is

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