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By Masood Haider NEW YORK: Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations Abdullah Husain Haroon Tuesday called on the international community to help Pakistan overcome the desperate humanitarian crisis...

The Hong Kong Red Cross sincerely thanks the generous support from the Hong Kong public to our flood relief operation in South Asia in 2007. Disaster Situation Climate change induced the monsoon...

This report covers the period 01/01/06 to 31/12/07 of a two-year planning and appeal process. In brief Programme summary: Good progress was made over the two years in the areas of increased...

By Elizabeth Kiem NEW YORK, USA, 12 February 2008 - Calling on donors to help address 39 specific crises around the world, UNICEF today launches its annual Humanitarian Action Report outlining the...

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Following the fall of the Taliban in November 2001 the international community made a huge commitment to Afghanistan. Donors pledged considerable amounts for reconstruction at...

"The number of people threatened by natural disasters had increased by three times over the last 30 years and the number of people affected by natural disasters doubled every 10 years. Tens of...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Pakistan floods of 2007 devastated large swathes of rural Sindh and Balochistan Provinces in southern Pakistan, destroying homes, crops and roads, and causing the temporary...

By Amit Kumar with the International Federation in New Delhi Monsoon season this year has once again proved deadly for India and caused widespread devastation. Heavy rains and subsequent flooding...

HUB, 2 July 2007 (IRIN) - Aid for the over 1.5 million people severely hit by cyclonic rains and flooding in Pakistan's southern provinces of Sindh and Balochistan had by 2 July begun reaching those...

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...

ISLAMABAD, April 4 (Reuters) - An avalanche hit a Pakistani mountain village on Wednesday killing at least four people and burying nine, taking the toll from a week of killer avalanches to nearly 50,...

PESHAWAR: Central leader of Awami National Party (ANP) and prominent politician, Arbab Muhammad Ayub Jan has urged the NWFP government to take prompt action for rescue and relief of villagers hit by...

PESHAWAR: The government has expedited relief activities in Kurram to help the victims of rain, floods and hailstorm in different parts of the agency. Three trucks loaded with different relief items...

ISLAMABAD, 2 April 2007 (IRIN) - Forty-one people are feared dead and 13 remain missing after a spate of avalanches struck Pakistan's northwestern Chitral district this weekend. Heavy snows are...

ISLAMABAD, April 2 (Reuters) - An avalanche swept through a village in northern Pakistan and 11 people were missing and feared dead a day after 26 people were killed in another avalanche, police said...

PAKISTAN - Aid Delivered to Landslide-Affected Villages - IOM, working with local authorities, the Pakistan Army and humanitarian partners, this weekend completed a delivery of winterized tents,...

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ISLAMABAD: Three days of unusually heavy rains and snowfall this week in earthquake-affected areas of Pakistan-administered Kashmir triggered landslides, cut road access and diverted water channels,...

ISLAMABAD , 22 March 2007 (IRIN) At least six bodies were recovered from rubble in a landslide-hit village of Pakistani-administered Kashmir on Thursday, while Pakistani soldiers and local villagers...