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01 Feb 1995

Estonia + 2 others
General Map of the Baltic States

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— UN Cartographic Section

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31 Jan 1995

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo with Airfields and Ports

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— Government of the United States of America

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30 Jan 1995

Sudan
Appeal for US$ 101.1 Million for Emergency Humanitarian Assistance in 1995

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— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs

DHA/95/3
24 January (DHA) - The United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs today launched the 1995 UN Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for the Sudan, which updates emergency humanitarian assistance requirements for war-affected and displaced populations throughout the country.

United Nations organizations (FAO, UNDP, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, WHO, DHA) are requesting through the present Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for the Sudan a total of US $101,082,462 for 28 projects in six main priority areas. These include:

Emergency food aid for an estimated 1.2

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27 Jan 1995

Japan
Japan - Earthquake Information Report No. 8

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— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs

DHA-GENEVA 95/0068
1. UPDATED OFFICIAL DAMAGE FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 5,087 DEAD, 51 MISSING, 26,165 INJURED AND 84,792 HOUSES DAMAGED.

2. CHUGOKU EXPRESSWAY, ONE OF ARTERY HIGHWAYS CONNECTING EAST AND WEST JAPAN REOPENED TODAY. COMMUTER TRAIN BETWEEN OSAKA AND KOBE HAS RESUMED PARTIAL SERVICE, HOWEVER TRAIN SERVICE TO CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OF KOBE STILL NOT AVAILABLE. CLEARING DEBRIS FROM ROADS CONTINUING. EMERGENCY VEHICLES, DELIVERY TRUCKS AND BUSES HAVE PRIORITY, BUT TRAFFIC JAMS STILL DELAYING DELIVERY OF RELIEF ITEMS.

3. RESTORATION OF TELEPHONE LINES

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27 Jan 1995

Democratic Republic of the Congo
DHA sends volcano expert into Goma

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— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs

DHA/95/2
The Department of Humanitarian Affairs (DHA) is sending a volcanologist into Goma to immediately assess the current level of risk, in the event of a volcanic eruption, to people living in the Goma area, including refugees from Rwanda living in the camps.

The DHA expert is Professor Dario Tedesco, an Italian volcanologist formerly with the Osservatorio Vesuviano and currently visiting professor at Okayama University in Japan. He has experience in the management of volcanic phenomena which threaten human settlements.

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25 Jan 1995

India
India - Kashmir Avalanches Information Report No.2

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— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs

DHA-GENEVA 95/0065
1. OFFICIAL REPORTS SAY 63 BODIES WERE FOUND AT AVALANCHE SITE, HOWEVER UNOFFICIAL ESTIMATES INDICATE 250 DEAD. SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN TRAPPED IN THEIR VEHICLES WERE RESCUED. 400 PERSONS WHO HAD TAKEN SHELTER IN JAWAHAR TUNNEL HAVE NOW BEEN EVACUATED TO SAFER SITES. A POLICE STATION WAS HIT BY AN AVALANCHE AND 6 WERE KILLED.

2. INDIAN AIR FORCE HELICOPTERS HAVE AIR-DROPPED RESCUE/RELIEF MATERIALS. INDIAN AUTHORITIES CONTINUING SEARCH AND RESCUE.

3. INDIAN GOVT DISPATCHED SENIOR GOVT OFFICIALS TO AFFECTED SITE TO INVESTIGATE CAUSES OF HUMAN LOSSES.

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24 Jan 1995

Japan
Japan - Earthquake Information Report No. 7

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— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs

DHA-GENEVA 95/0043
1. UPDATED OFFICIAL DAMAGE FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 5,060 DEAD, 106 MISSING, 25,810 INJURED AND 63,245 HOUSES DAMAGED.

2. GOVT ISSUED CABINET ORDER TODAY, ENABLING AFFECTED LOCAL GOVTS TO RECEIVE SPECIAL SUBSIDIES FOR RECONSTRUCTING PUBLIC FACILITIES AND ALLOWING AFFECTED PEOPLE TO BENEFIT FROM SPECIAL LOANS TO HELP RESTORE THEIR BUSINESSES.

3. CLEARING OF ROADS PROCEEDING, AND LOCAL BUS SERVICES TO KOBE HAVE RESUMED OPERATIONS. SO FAR, 220,000 TELEPHONE LINES HAVE BEEN RESTORED. 60,000 HOUSEHOLDS STILL AWAITING

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23 Jan 1995

Japan
Japan - Earthquake Information Report No. 6

Report

— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs

DHA-GENEVA 95/0042
1. UPDATED OFFICIAL DAMAGE FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 4,988 DEAD, 153 MISSING, 25,644 INJURED AND 57,670 HOUSES DAMAGED.

2. GOVT HAS OPENED LIAISON HEADQUARTERS IN KOBE TO COORDINATE REHABILITATION/RECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.

3. CONSIDERABLE RAIN FELL IN AFFECTED AREA ON 22 JAN, ALERTS FOR SECONDARY LANDSLIDES WERE ISSUED, AND MORE PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED FROM AREAS OF POTENTIAL DANGER. SO FAR NO MAJOR LANDSLIDES.

4. ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES TO ALL EXISTING HOUSEHOLDS HAVE RESUMED. WATER SUPPLY TO 264,000 HOUSEHOLDS HAS BEEN RESTORED, LEAVING 660,000 STILL WAITING.

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20 Jan 1995

Japan
Japan - Earthquake Information Report No. 5

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— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs

DHA-GENEVA 95/0029
1. UPDATED OFFICIAL DAMAGE FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 4,136 DEAD, 711 MISSING, 21,414 INJURED AND 34,195 HOUSES DAMAGED.

2. PRIME MINISTER HAS DESIGNATED ONE CABINET MEMBER TO BE EXCLUSIVELY IN CHARGE OF RELIEF MEASURES. 30,000 POLICEMEN, 5,000 FIRE/RESCUE PERSONNEL AND 14,000 SELF-DEFENSE PERSONNEL WORKING ON SITE.

3. SHINKANSEN EXPRESS TRAIN SERVICE HAS RESUMED BETWEEN KYOTO AND OSAKA. COMMUTER TRAIN SERVICES RESUMING. PORT OF KOBE PARTLY RESTORED, ENABLING MASSIVE SEA TRANSPORTATION OF RELIEF ITEMS INTO KOBE. FLEETS OF PRIVATELY OWNED HELICOPTERS

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20 Jan 1995

India
India - Kashmir Avalanches Information Report No.1

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— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs

DHA-GENEVA 95/0032
1. A SERIES OF AVALANCHES HIT THE PROVINCE OF KASHMIR IN INDIA FROM 17 JANUARY. ESPECIALLY PEOPLE IN VEHICLES ON A HIGHWAY GOING THROUGH THE AREA WERE TRAPPED. APPROXIMATELY 200 PEOPLE ARE BELIEVED DEAD AND 250 INJURED. AROUND 200 OTHER PEOPLE ARE BELIEVED TO BE STRANDED NEAR THE JAWAHAR TUNNEL.

2. INDIAN AUTHORITIES ARE CARRYING OUT RESCUE AND RELIEF OPERATIONS IN THE AREA.

3. THE UNDP OFFICE IN NEW DELHI IS IN CONTACT WITH THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND MONITORING THE SITUATION.

4. THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOT APPEALED FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

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20 Jan 1995

Colombia
Colombia - Earthquake Information Report No.1

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— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs

DHA-GENEVA 95/0028
1. ON 19 JANUARY (1005HRS LOCAL TIME, 1505HRS GMT) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.5 OCCURRED ABOUT 110 KM EAST-NORTHEAST OF BOGOTA (LATITUDE 4.9 NORTH, LONGITUDE 73.1 WEST).

2. NATIONAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES AND NATIONAL RED CROSS ARE CARRYING OUT ASSESSMENTS OF THE AFFECTED AREAS. ONE DEAD AND MORE THAN TEN PERSONS INJURED. NO LARGE-SCALE DAMAGE TO HOUSING AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

3. GOVT HAS NOT REQUESTED INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

TELEPHONE NO:+41-22-917.12.34
EMERGENCY TEL.NO.(OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS):+41-22-917.20.10

DESK OFFICER: E. HAEGGLUND, DIRECT

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19 Jan 1995

Japan
Japan - Earthquake Information Report No. 4

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— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs

DHA-GENEVA 95/0027
1. UPDATED OFFICIAL DAMAGE FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 3,288 DEAD, 869 MISSING, 15,643 INJURED AND 23,813 HOUSES DAMAGED.

2. PRIME MINISTER VISITED AFFECTED AREA TODAY AND GAVE FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. CLEARING OF DEBRIS ON ROADS PROCEEDING, AND POLICE HAVE DESIGNATED SEVERAL ARTERY ROUTES SOLELY FOR TRANSPORTATION OF EMERGENCY RELIEF ITEMS.

3. TRAIN SERVICES HAVE STARTED TO RESUME. RESTORATION OF WATER SYSTEM, ELECTRICITY LINES AND TELEPHONE SERVICES PROCEEDING WITH ASSISTANCE OF EXPERTS DISPATCHED FROM OTHER PARTS OF JAPAN.

4. JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY HAS

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18 Jan 1995

Japan
Japan - Earthquake Information Report No. 3

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— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs

DHA-GENEVA 95/0026
1. UPDATED OFFICIAL DAMAGE FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 2,460 DEAD, 1,005 MISSING, 13,774 INJURED AND 13,479 HOUSES DAMAGED.

2. GOVT ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORTED BACK TODAY ON THEIR FIRST FINDINGS. PRIME MINISTER WILL VISIT AFFECTED AREA ON 19 JAN. A TOTAL OF 40,000 POLICE AND SELF DEFENSE PERSONNEL HAVE MOBILIZED FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF ACTIVITIES. 83 PROFESSIONAL RESCUE TEAMS FROM ALL OVER JAPAN ARE ENGAGED IN SEARCH AND RESCUE.

3. JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY HAS SENT 32 MEDICAL TEAMS. IT IS ALSO DISTRIBUTING BLANKETS AND HOUSEHOLD

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17 Jan 1995

Japan
Japan - Earthquake Information Report No. 2

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— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs

DHA-GENEVA 95/0025
1. UPDATED DAMAGE FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1,590 DEAD, 1,017 MISSING, 6,334 INJURED AND 7,876 HOUSES DAMAGED.

2. GOVT DISPATCHED ASSESSMENT TEAM TODAY TO IDENTIFY FURTHER IMMEDIATE RELIEF MEASURES. SEARCH AND RESCUE ACTIVITIES BEING UNDERTAKEN BY JAPANESE TEAMS MOBILIZED FROM ALL OVER JAPAN.

3. NO REPEAT NO NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS. TO DATE DHA-GENEVA HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE JAPANESE GOVT.

TELEPHONE: +41-22-917-1234
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ONLY, TELEPHONE: +41-22-917-2010

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17 Jan 1995

Japan
Japan - Earthquake Information Report No. 1

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— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs

DHA-GENEVA 95/0024
1. EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 7.2 ON RICHTER SCALE HIT CITY OF KOBE AND VICINITY AT 5:46 AM 17 JAN LOCAL TIME (20:46 ON 16 JAN GMT). EPICENTER IS APPROX. 50 KMS WEST OF OSAKA.

2. PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE 686 DEAD, MORE THAN 2,000 INJURED. DAMAGE TO HIGHWAYS AND RAILWAYS.

3. IMMEDIATE RELIEF ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVTS. SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED FROM TOKYO, YOKOHAMA AND CHIBA TO ASSIST LOCAL RESCUE TEAMS. JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY HAS SENT MEDICAL TEAMS. PRIME MINISTER

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01 Jan 1995