Afghanistan: Cold Wave - Feb 2001 Updates

Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations I. INTRODUCTION 1. The present report has been prepared pursuant to General Assembly Resolution 46/182 of...

The country is gripped by a grave food crisis, following the third successive year of below average crop production due to drought, continuing civil conflict and a harsh winter. An FAO/WFP Crop and...

URGENT NEEDS IN NUTRITION, SHELTER AND WATER & SANITATION SECTORS Over 12 million Afghans affected by drought New IDP population over 500,000 Increased mortality amongst children under five Only 43 %...

This report includes: (A) Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (B) Central Asia: (1) Afghanistan, (2) Pakistan (C) Southern Africa: (1) Angola, (2) Namibia (D) West Africa: (1) Guinea, (2) Sierra Leone...

(A) Balkans: (1) Kosovo, (2) Serbia, (3) Montenegro, (4) fYRoM (B) West and Central Asia: (1) Afghanistan, (2) Pakistan, (3) Iran (C) Guinea (D) Southern Africa: (1) Angola, (2) Namibia (E) Horn of...

S/2001/384-A/55/907 I. Introduction 1. This report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 31 of General Assembly resolution 55/174 A of 19 December 2000, in which the Assembly requested the...

In recent months, more than 700,000 people, about 4% of Afghanistan's population, have been on the move, fleeing hunger, drought and war. Entire villages have been abandoned. According to the United...

"Afghanistan is heading towards a possible famine and the needs for food and seeds for a new harvest to reverse this are enormous." - Fouad Hikmat, head of mission for the MSF project in the...

This report includes: A) West and Central Asia: 1) Afghanistan, 2) Pakistan B) West Coastal Africa: Guinea, 2) Sierra Leone, 3) Liberia C) Great Lakes: 1) Burundi, Uganda, 3) Tanzania D) Horn of...

1. EMERGENCY OVERVIEW AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Afghanistan faces crisis of conflict and drought Afghans are suffering from the long-term impact of conflict and its related consequences such as severe...

Heavy snow has fallen over the mountains of west Afghanistan, but the drought in central Asia is still affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of Afghans. Large groups of people are on the move...

Liz O'Donnell T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (with Special Responsibility for Overseas Development Assistance and Human Rights), has announced an unprecedented package...

AFGHANISTAN: Pakistan reopens Afghan border after Taliban apology The Pakistan-Afghanistan border was reopened on Wednesday after the Taliban Islamic Movement apologised for the behaviour of some of...

This report includes: (A) West and Central Asia: (1) Afghanistan, (2) Pakistan (B) Great Lakes Region: (1) Burundi, (2) Uganda (C) West Africa: (1) Guinea, (2) Sierra Leone, (3) Liberia, (4) Guinea...

Since the beginning of January, at least 44,000 families in western and northern regions of Bolivia have been affected by floods and landslides caused by heavy rains. Homes and crops have been...

From ICRC NEWS 10 A recent update on ICRC operations in Afghanistan describes the deepening humanitarian crisis in the country after two decades of war, a series of droughts and a deadly winter. In...

World renowned tenor and United Nations Messenger for Peace Luciano Pavarotti has agreed to organize a benefit concert for Afghan refugee children in Pakistan, a UN spokesman said today in New York...

ISLAMABAD, 13 March (IRIN) - UNHCR's relief operations to 10,000 Afghan displaced stranded on Pyandj river flood plains on the Tajik-Afghan border have been suspended for fear of supporting armed...

NEW YORK, 13 March (IRIN) - Kenzo Oshima, a Japanese national, took up his responsibilities as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator in January 2001. In an...

PESHAWAR, 12 March (IRIN) - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, touring a refugee camp in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, helped to immunise a young Afghan child against polio, while thousands of the...