Mongolia is increasingly grappling with the impacts of climate change, manifested in discernible shifts in weather patterns that underscore the escalation of this global phenomenon. The cyclical...
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Mongolia: Severe Winter - Iron Dzud 2024 (As of 6 February 2024)
The current white and iron dzud in Mongolia has resulted in a critical situation, with 90% of the country facing high risk. The herding communities are struggling with inadequate feed and...
Mongolia launches COVID-19 Vaccination Programme
Joint Press Release on COVID-19 Vaccination Roll-out in Mongolia by the Government of Mongolia, United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office, World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations...
Mongolia Severe Winter: Humanitarian Report (as of 15 Feb 2017)
OVERVIEW Mongolia is currently experiencing harsh winter conditions which are severely impacting herders. The impacts of an unusually dry summer, late autumn rains and early, followed by heavy...
United Nations allocates $1.1 million for humanitarian response [EN/MN]
Ulaanbaatar, January 24, 2017; Harsh winter conditions are severely impacting herders and their livestock in the Northern part of Mongolia. In response to the deteriorating situation, the United...
Mongolia: Dzud Office of the Resident Coordinator Situation Report No. 3 (As of 17 June 2016)
Highlights Since January, 1.1 million of the total 56 million national livestock have perished, affecting 41 per cent of the population who rely on livestock for their main source of food and...
Mongolia: Dzud Office of the Resident Coordinator Situation Report No. 2 (As of 18 May)
Highlights The National Emergency Management Authority has officially declared the winter dzud over; however, spring conditions remained variable and harsh, with snowfall occurring in some parts, and...
Opening Speech by Beate Trankmann, UN RC: Mongolia Humanitarian Forum
Mongolia Humanitarian Forum International Humanitarian Relief & Collaboration for Dzud affected Herders Remarks by Ms. Beate Trankmann, UN Resident Coordinator in Mongolia Humanitarian Partners,...
Mongolia: Dzud Office of the Resident Coordinator Situation Report No. 1 (As of 14 April 2016)
Highlights As Mongolia transitions to spring, 20 per cent of the country still has snow cover with 23 districts (soums) in six provinces (aimags) experiencing white dzud or nearly white dzud...
United Nations kick starts response to dzud affected populations in Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar, 15 March 2016: The United Nations in Mongolia is scaling up its emergency response to address the urgent needs of populations affected by the harsh winter locally known as dzud. These...
Dzud 2000/2001 - A brief picture
(amended 15 May, 2001) For the first time in living memory, Mongolia has been struck by two consecutive dzud (in 1999-2000 and 2000-2001). Dzud is a Mongolia-specific winter disaster, which...
Mongolian Dzud Losses, Incremental Losses by Province-final
The total number of animal losses as of 25th April, 2001 are 2,165,568. Its worth noting that this information is only collected from the worst affected counties, or 192 counties from a total of 348...
Data on livestock losses in Mongolia as of 25 Mar 2001
Mongolian Provinces Affected by Severe Weather (25 February 2001)
See related site for interactive version of the map depicting livestock lost during the winter disaster.
Data on Livestock Losses in Mongolia as of 25 Feb 2001
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UN and Government of Mongolia Appeal for International Assistance for Mongolia - Winter Disaster - Dzud
The United Nations and Government of Mongolia today launched an international appeal for assistance for herder families stricken by a second consecutive winter disaster. As many as 6 million head of...
Mongolia: Prime Minister extends condolences to the family members of those who lost their lives in the helicopter crash
On Tuesday morning, 16 January 2001, the Prime Minister of Mongolia Mr. N. Enkhbayar, along with three Cabinet members, visited the UN Mongolia office to express their personal grief and extend...
State Emergency Commission of Mongolia's briefing on helicopter accident
On 16 January 2001 the State Emergency Commission of Mongolia organized a briefing for the international and national media on helicopter accident (MIAT MI-8) at the Ministry of External Affairs. It...
United Nations in Mongolia Letter of Condolence
The United Nations in Mongolia is deeply sorrowed over the tragic loss of our four staff members in a helicopter crash on Sunday, 14 January 2001 while participating in a UN disaster mission. Their...
Mongolia: Tragic loss of human lives in the helicopter crash
The United Nations in Mongolia announces with deep sorrow tragic human casualties in a helicopter crash on Sunday, 14 January 2001. This aircraft of MIAT, the national airline, was carrying United...