HIGHLIGHTS Outbreak of conflict in the east of Ukraine leads to civilian deaths and displacements Close to 15,000 Syrian Armenians have come to Armenia since the start of the war in Syria UN...
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HIGHLIGHTS Outbreak of conflict in the east of Ukraine leads to civilian deaths and displacements Close to 15,000 Syrian Armenians have come to Armenia since the start of the war in Syria UN...
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Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia – Disaster Risk Reduction Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2014
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OVERVIEW Natural hazards, such as earthquakes, droughts, floods, wildfires, and extreme winter weather, affect a range of countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia (EMCA)1. In addition,...
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Abstract The MISP Readiness assessment tool was developed by the Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health (RH) in Crises for Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2013 to help country...
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On December 23, in Armenian Red Cross Society Headquarters “Syrian Armenian Children Resilience program in Armenia” project summarizing meeting was held, with the participation of school teachers,...
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On 18 December the EU Delegation to Armenia held an official ceremony for the signature of fifteen EU cooperation projects in Yerevan. New actions with a total budget of approximately €10 million...
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Vienna, Austria, December 16, 2014. Over 20 partner countries stand to benefit from the latest round of financing approved at the 149th Session of the Governing Board of the OPEC Fund for...
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New Report Showcases U.S. Global Leadership in Landmine Clearance and Conventional Weapons Destruction The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of...
Yerevan (ICRC) – Residents of the remote village of Movses, in the Tavush region along the international border with Azerbaijan, now have safer and easier access to clean drinking water thanks to...
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By Andy McElroy YEREVAN, 3 December 2014 – The global effort to forge a 2015 framework for disaster risk reduction – an updated Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) - has championed inclusiveness as a...
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By Andy McElroy YEREVAN, 1 December 2014 – The Armenian city of Spitak, at the epicentre of the devastating 1988 earthquake, is a reminder of why current efforts to forge an ambitious post-2015...
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| Overview | Working environment UNHCR works with a wide variety of people of concern in Eastern Europe, ranging from asylumseekers within mixed-migration flows, refugees and returnees to internally...
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MOSCOW / PARIS / WASHINGTON, 19 November 2014 – The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and Pierre...
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT •2014 cereal production to remain high despite reduction in barley harvest •Cereal imports forecast to increase in 2014/15 marketing year (July/June) from last year’s low level ...
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AMOUNT: EUR 7 740 000 0 . MAJOR CHANGES SINCE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE HIP Following a revision of the means required to fully implement the Commission's Strategy for Humanitarian Aid, the European...
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BERN, 13 November 2014 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter, expressed his deep concern about yesterday's downing of a helicopter near the Line of Contact...
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28 Oct - 1 Nov 2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan On 28 October 2014 a 4-day regional learning workshop on Mainstreaming DRR into Development was held in Almaty. Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, UNISDR and...
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8 November coincided with the anniversary of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, Oxfam calls on governments around the world to start acting to protect their citizens against climate change. And...
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After a rainy season lull, South Sudan’s warring parties are preparing for major offensives with the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) this week launching attacks on Bentiu,...
By Anahit Gasparyan* Armenia is among the 60 most disaster-prone countries in the world. Its small territory—roughly the size of the U.S. state of Maryland—is susceptible to a host of natural...