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ECOSOC/6295 (Reissued as received.) GENEVA, 16 July (UN Information Service) - The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this afternoon held a panel discussion on the use of military assets for...

LUANDA, Jul 16, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Angola's National Commission for Civil Protection (NCCP) has set up a pre-warning system against floods in the areas of Catumbela, Cavaco and Coporolo...

UNICEF RESPONDED TO THE IMMEDIATE HUMANITARIAN NEEDS CHILDREN AND WOMEN AFFECTED BY THE 2007 FLOOD AND CYCLONE EMERGENCIES UNICEF helped meet the basic needs of over 107,000 flood-affected people...

HIGHLIGHTS Zimbabwe: The country's agricultural production is estimated at 500,000 tonnes, representing a 44 percent drop from last year, according to preliminary CFSAM results. More than two million...

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are...

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are...

Angola - IOM teams working in Angola's Eastern Moxico province have started distributing seed kits to some 2,300 particularly vulnerable families living in the remote Cazombo district, which suffered...

MapAction will be training engineers and disaster response professionals in the use of GIS and GPS technologies in a two-stage mission to Mozambique over the coming months. The project was instigated...

HIGHLIGHTS Food Security Assessments: Two new reports on Zimbabwe and Swaziland from WFP/FAO Crop and Food Supply Assessment Missions (CFSAM) have been released, and a third on Lesotho is expected...

General Assembly Sixty-second session Item 73 (a) of the preliminary list* Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special...

Table of Contents Executive summary 1. Introduction Context The Madagascar cyclone season 2006-2007 This report 2. Assessment methodology 3. Assessment results a. Potential environmental emergencies ...

JOHANNESBURG, 24 May 2007 (IRIN) - Much of Madagascar had already been suffering from drought before the worst cyclone season in years hit the Indian Ocean Island. With communities left without food,...

POLITICAL On 22 March according to official sources, the explosion of an armory in the area of Malhazine in Maputo killed 105 and injured 515 people, leaving 80 orphans and destroying at least 1000...

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are...

Although global cereal production is expected to reach record levels this year, at least 33 countries are forecast to face serious difficulties, largely because of conflict, economic struggles or bad...

Crisis Prevention & Recovery Violent conflicts and natural disasters can wipe out decades of development gains. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) addresses the effects of these man-made...

HIGHLIGHTS World cereal production in 2007 remains on course to reach a record level of 2 095 million tonnes, but with some major crops yet to be planted, the forecast is still tentative. Based on...

By Glenn Shaw LUSAKA, Zambia, 8 May 2007 - To help respond to humanitarian needs in flood-affected areas of Zambia, UNICEF has turned over 640 'School-in-a-Box' kits to the country's Ministry of...