Caribbean: Hurricane Emily - Jul 2005 Updates

Latin America and the Caribbean is a diverse region and does not follow a single pattern of development. This Report is separated into two volumes which share the same narrative: the Regional Human...

Opinion by Han Seung-soo For decades, small island countries have been warning the world about the consequences of climate change. While many countries have been debating whether climate change is...

Download the whole document Web resolution version (17 MB - recommended) High resolution / for printers (130MB - slow download) Forwarded In this third annual Shelter Projects publication, containing...

Cancun, Mexico - Forty participants at international climate talks last week in Cancun, Mexico, traveled to the site of a project supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) that has...

8 February 2010 Commonwealth expert focuses on reducing the Caribbean country's reliance on meat imports When Hurricane Ivan swept through Grenada in 2004, it left the Caribbean country in ruins...

The Canada Caribbean Disaster Risk Management (CCDRM) Fund announces the third call for project proposals. Grants will be made on a competitive basis to support small-scale projects at the community...

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No.1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning...

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No.1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning...

On Friday, September 19, 2008, as a result of the passage of a tropical wave, St Vincent and the Grenadines was drenched by heavy rains which resulted in one (1) death, island wide flooding and...

No. 11/07 BD Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility A grant of USD5 million was approved to the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility established to allow Caribbean governments to...

On the 22nd of December (Friday), the Government of Japan and the United Nations (UN) decided to extend assistance totalling 1,026,538.3 US dollars (approximately 113.9 million yen), through the...

Explanatory Memorandum 1 - Rationale, needs and target population : 1.1. - Rationale : The Caribbean region experiences multiple natural disasters. Tropical storms often take the form of a...

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...

GA/10532 Sixty-first General Assembly Plenary 52nd & 53rd Meetings (AM & PM) Assembly Also Considers Strategies to Forestall Disasters, Boost Response; Assistance to Palestinian People; Three Texts...

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background The countries of Latin...

Washington, D.C., September 26, 2006 (PAHO)-"The search for equity in health is one of the main objectives that guide" the Pan American Health Organization actions in the Americas, PAHO Director Dr...

The bilateral housing project between the Grenada Red Cross (GRC) and Australian Red Cross (ARC) ended in September. Following hurricanes Ivan, Emily and Dennis all of which affected Grenada in some...

Provisional Agenda Item 3.2 CD47/6 (Eng.) Annual report of the director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau To the Member States: In accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Pan...

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...