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1997 - Beneficiaries - Percentage of Total Population Needing Food Aid
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Global Population of Cities Distribution
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Liberia Humanitarian Situation Report No.52
Period covered: 19 December 1996 - 1 January 1997 The information contained in this report was provided by the Office of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Operational Activities in...
DAC Guidelines on Conflict, Peace and Development Cooperation
With respect to the design and implementation of development co-operation for conflict prevention and post-conflict recovery, this report discusses issues ranging from broad policy questions, notably...
Canada - Shaded Relief Map
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Cape Verde - Political
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Pest and Vector Control in Refugee Camps
This manual provides information to Vector Control Personnel for their immediate use during crisis situations in refugee camps. For this purpose, it deals with the following issues: - Problem...
State of the World's Refugees 1997: A Humanitarian Agenda
With mass population displacements becoming both an objective and a tactic of war, this book provides a topical and detailed examination of the problem of forced displacement, focusing on the...
Child Nutrition and Food Security during Armed Conflicts
This report considers the broad range of factors increasing children's vulnerability to malnutrition brought about by armed conflicts. Case studies examine the impact of armed conflict on food and...
Report on Hurricane Lily Emergency Humanitarian Assistance Donations
Cuba Program October 1996 - January 1997 On Friday, October 18, 1996 Hurricane Lily swept through central Cuba. The storm destroyed or damaged thousands of homes and left over 200,000 people in...
The Media's Role in Preventing and Moderating Conflict
This report examines the role of the media and its potential in helping prevent and moderate social violence. For this purpose, it develops a typology of potential roles of the media, drawing on...
Degree of Vulnerability - Weredas Needing Food Aid in 1997
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Execution of Humanitarian Assistance Programmes through Implementing Partners
In the context of concerns regarding lack of proper reporting to Member States on the use of funds devoted to humanitarian assistance activities, this report examines the principles governing the...
OFDA Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1996
The disaster descriptions in this report cover the period of the USG's fiscal year, October 1, 1995, through September 30, 1996. During FY 1996, BHR/OFDA responded to 65 new declared disasters. Many...
Wheat prices soar in Afghanistan after Pakistani ban
Wheat prices have soared in Afghanistan, following a decision by neighbouring Pakistan to ban wheat exports. Officials said the cost of a standard bag of wheat flour in the capital, Kabul, had jumped...
Active Volcanoes - Plate Tectonics and the "Ring of Fire"
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Taleban have rejected an off by opposition forces for a cease fire
BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL INTRO: THE TALEBAN HAVE REJECTED AN OFFER BY OPPOSITION FORCES FOR A CEASE FIRE IN AFGHANISTAN. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS. TEXT: TALEBAN SPOKESMAN WAKIL AHMAD...
Disaster Management Ethics
This module addresses some of the ethical issues and dilemmas faced by the humanitarian assistance community as it seeks to respond to human need in the context of natural and human-caused disasters...
Gambella Region in Ethiopia
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