YANGON: Senior diplomats and foreign affairs experts in Myanmar have suggested the United Nations needs to reform to respond to new global challenges like climate change and disease outbreaks. ...
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New challenges in the times of COVID-19 bring surprising examples of cooperation
The UN in Myanmar has come together as one to support COVID-19 preparedness and response. The article in our series highlights the work of UNAIDS. The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said...
Myanmar: Periodic Monitoring Report (January to December 2014)
OVERVIEW 2014 has seen an increase in overall humanitarian needs in Rakhine, Kachin and northern Shan states. Many of the IDPs living in camps or camp-like situations are almost entirely dependent on...
Kachin Response Plan (Myanmar) March 2013 - December 2013
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The conflict in Kachin State broke out in mid-2011 and has left 85,000 people registered as displaced across Kachin and northern Shan States, as of March 2013, and many others in...
Inter-Agency Preparedness/Contingency Plan - Rakhine State, Myanmar, March 2013
This document has been elaborated by humanitarian partners to address existing humanitarian concerns in view of protracted displacement and the likelihood of the worsening of the humanitarian...
World Humanitarian Day marked in Myanmar
Yangon, 19 August 2011 --- World Humanitarian Day is a celebration of people helping people. Every day humanitarian aid workers help millions of people around the world no matter who they are or...
UN in Myanmar identifies strategic priorities for the future
Yangon, 15 March 2011 ---- Four strategic priorities and key elements of the new Strategic Framework for the United Nations in Myanmar were presented today at the monthly Humanitarian Partnership...
Myanmar: Post-Giri Recovery Strategy and Action Plan for Shelter Sector
Objectives of this Report This recovery strategy and action plan is intended as a guide for agencies involved in Shelter activities. It may also be a useful reference to donors who are funding or...
Myanmar: Post-Nargis Social Impacts Monitoring: April 2010
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Natural disasters can have profound impacts on the social and economic fabric of affected communities. These evolve over time, responding to the strength of community coping...
Myanmar: Aid is still needed despite progress in Cyclone Nargis-affected areas
Findings from the Periodic Review IV and Social Impacts Monitoring III, launched in Yangon by the Tripartite Core Group today, highlighted progress across sectors and across geographic areas impacted...
Myanmar: MINUTES OF DLRWG MEETING NO 8 HELD ON 18TH FEBRUARY 2010
ITEM 1: a) ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA ITEMS The 8th DLRWG meeting started at 2 pm .The Chair, FAO-ERCU, opened the meeting by apologizing for the postponement of normal DLRWG meeting schedule on 10...
Myanmar: Monthly Recovery Update - February 2010
WFP / FAO Delta Assessments Published The World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organzation (FAO) published reports from the WFP Delta Food Security and the FAO Delta Crop Assessment,...
Myanmar: The Tripartite Core Group strengthens cooperation to implement the PONREPP
Yangon, Myanmar, 22 May 2009 - The Tripartite Core Group (TCG) held the workshop "Cooperation and Way Forward for PONREPP Implementation" in Yangon today, aiming at improving the recovery efforts in...
Myanmar: The Tripartite Core Group sends off assessment teams for the second periodic review
Yangon, Myanmar, 7 May 2009 - Passing one year since Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar, the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) is conducting a second Periodic Review, monitoring humanitarian needs at the...
Myanmar: The UN calls for increased support to the affected - one year after cyclone Nargis
(Yangon: 30 April 2009): With the upcoming one-year commemoration of Cyclone Nargis, the results on the ground show that the overall relief and recovery efforts over the last year have been...
Myanmar: Pressing need for recovery support in the delta
Yangon, Myanmar, 30 March 2009 - People affected by Cyclone Nargis need substantial support to fully restore their lives. The Tripartite Core Group, comprising the Government of the Union of Myanmar,...
Myanmar: Tripartite Core Group mandate extended for one year
Yangon, Myanmar, 4 March 2009 - ASEAN Foreign Ministers have agreed to extend the mandate for the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) until July 2010. ASEAN Leaders welcomed the decision in a statement...
Myanmar: TCG launches three-year recovery plan for cyclone Nargis affected communities
Bangkok, 9 February 2009 The Post-Nargis Response and Preparedness Plan (PONREPP), launched today in Bangkok, sets out a three-year framework to guide recovery efforts following the devastating...
Myanmar: Post-Nargis periodic review I
FOREWORD On 2 May 2008, Cyclone Nargis struck the coast of Myanmar. Over two days, the Cyclone moved across the Ayeyarwady Delta and southern Yangon Division resulting in a tragic loss of life and...
Myanmar: Post-Nargis social impacts monitoring: November 2008
FOREWORD On 2 May 2008, Cyclone Nargis struck the coast of Myanmar. Over two days, the cyclone moved across the Ayeyarwady Delta and southern Yangon Division resulting in tragic loss of life and...