Cuba: Drought - Aug 1998 Updates

Rome, June 2000 Extracts from FAO/GIEWS Food Outlook No. 3, 2000 HIGHLIGHTS Latest indications continue to point to a larger cereal output in 2000. However, based on the current forecasts, total...

No. 2, 2000 - Rome, April 2000 Extracts from FAO/GIEWS Food Outlook No. 2, 2000 HIGHLIGHTS FAO's first forecast of world cereal production in 2000 is 1 890 million tonnes, some 1 percent above 1999...

From IFRC WEEKLY NEWS 08/99 The Cuban Red Cross has forged strong ties with the German and Spanish National Societies through their assistance vulnerable people hit by drought in the eastern...

Needs and contributions as at 15 February 1999 Note: This table is a follow up to the original Consolidated Appeal for Cuba which was published on Dec 18, 1998. Extra printed copies of the Cuba...

WASHINGTON -- President Clinton has announced new steps intended to ease the plight of the Cuban people and help prepare them for a democratic future. In a January 5 statement, the president said...

United Nations Office of the Resident Coordinator Havana, 18 December. The United Nations System today issued an international appeal for assistance to Cuba to help the country overcome the...

Naciones Unidas Oficina del Coordinador Residente La Habana, 18 de diciembre. El Sistema de las Naciones Unidas lanzó hoy un llamado internacional de asistencia a Cuba para ayudar al país a superar...

New: See updated needs and contributions table as of 15 Feb 1999 Havana, December 1998 CONTENTS Note: See end of document for Spanish version and links to Annexes 1.BACKGROUND AND REPORTED DAMAGES ...

This report includes: A) Sierra Leone B) Angola C) East and Central Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, DR Congo and Congo/Brazzaville D) Central America: Hurricane Mitch E) Caribbean:...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The United States said Thursday it is "very disappointed" that Cuba had turned down a U.S. contribution to an emergency food appeal to combat drought in the communist-ruled...

This report includes: A) China B) Bangladesh C) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Region: Kosovo crisis D) Cuba E) Guinea Bissau F) Sudan - floods G) Central and East Africa: Democratic Republic of...

Duration: September 1998/31 May 1999 Number of Beneficiaries: 615,195 Total Cost to WFP: 20,484,714 1. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE 1.1 The production of food crops in Cuba has...

The UN World Food Programme appealed to the international donor community today for contributions of US$20.5 million to provide humanitarian food aid to Cubans suffering severe shortages caused by...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday appealed to the international community for contributions of $20.5 million to provide humanitarian food aid to Cubans suffering severe...

Ref: OCHAGVA - 98/0276 CUBA -DROUGHT OCHA - GENEVA SITUATION REPORT No.1 26 AUGUST 1998 1. The Government of Cuba has addressed itself to OCHA through the UNDP/OCHA Resident Representative to launch...

Only 56% of seasonal rainfall has fallen on Cuba with the eastern portion of the country being hardest hit in the provinces of Las Tunas, Holguin, Granma, Santiago de Cuba, and Guantanamo (with...