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Developing countries shoulder rising costs from disasters * Earthquakes, floods cost $109 bln in 2010 vs $35 bln 2009 * Decaying infrastructure described as risk in urban areas By Laura MacInnis...

Geneva - Some 373 natural disasters killed over 296,800 people in 2010, affecting nearly 208 million others and costing nearly US$110 billion, according to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology...

Released: 1/11/2011 12:44:35 PM Contact Information: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey Office of Communication 119 National Center Reston, VA 20192 Heidi Koontz Phone:...

La respuesta humanitaria al impacto del Terremoto de febrero 2010 y la subsiguiente actividad sísmica, y en especial la provisión de alojamiento de emergencia, ha significado un esfuerzo integrador...

(Extract) What we build: So much more than houses Building and repairing homes has always been our identity. In fact, we are very grateful to all those who helped Habitat for Humanity serve almost...

04 de enero de 2011 La Ministra de Vivienda y Urbanismo, Magdalena Matte, junto a la Intendenta del Bío Bío, Jaqueline van Rysselberghe, y el alcalde de Los Ángeles, Joel Rosales, dio el vamos a la...

VIDEO: Watch highlights of UNICEF's work in 2010. Produced by Chris Niles and edited by John Mims. NEW YORK, USA, 30 December 2010 - For UNICEF and the world's children, the past 12 months have been...

17 December 2010 - In his end-of-year "state of the world" news conference, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called 2010 "a big year for the United Nations," with progress on issues from...

(Geneva/New York/Bonn, 14 December 2010): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and Deutsche Post DHL, the world's leading post and logistics service provider,...

Zurich According to initial estimates from Swiss Re's sigma team, worldwide economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters were USD 222 billion in 2010, more than triple the 2009...

Valparaíso, 26 de noviembre de 2010 - Una alianza destinada a ayudar a los niños y niñas afectados por el terremoto y tsunami del 27 de febrero sellaron UNICEF y Cartoon Network. Este trabajo...

GLIDE EQ-2010-000034-CHL 23 de noviembre de 2010 Periodo cubierto por esta Actualización de Operaciones: del 1 de septiembre al 31 de octubre del 2010. Objetivo del Llamamiento: Se solicitan...

Tras el terremoto del 27 de febrero, el Presidente de la Rep=FAblica, Sebastián Piñera, asumió como uno de sus compromisos reestructurar los organismos de emergencia del país y crear un sistema de...

Santiago de Chile 16 de noviembre de 2010 - Como una forma de apoyar la recuperación emocional de los niños y niñas que están viviendo en las aldeas de emergencias, entre las regiones de Valparaíso y...

GA/L/3402 Sixty-fifth General Assembly Sixth Committee 23rd Meeting (PM) As the Sixth Committee (Legal) today continued to consider the report of the International Law Commission, with continued...

More than 80 employees volunteer for second "Force for Global Good" project in South America ATLANTA, Oct. 26, 2010 - Delta Air Lines and Habitat for Humanity will join forces Nov. 1-3, to build 15...

More than eight months have passed since an earthquake and resulting tsunami killed more than 500 people and wiped out hundreds of thousands of homes in Chile. In the midst of the destruction-and...

SPEECH/10/591 Kristalina Georgieva European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Together we can make a difference: Europe's Partnerships in Service to...

Comisión Europea otorga 200 mil euros en Ayuda Humanitaria (Santiago, 20 de octubre de 2010). La Comisión Europea ha decidido otorgar una ayuda humanitaria adicional de 200.000 euros ($130 millones...