Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC March 26, 2010 Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Michael S. Owen will represent the United States at "Maldives Donor...
Maldives: Coastal Flooding - May 2007 Updates
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Guatemala + 3 more
Human Rights Council discusses reports from Experts on Right to Food and Adequate Housing
MIDDAY 5 March 2010 The Human Rights Council at a midday meeting discussed reports presented by Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on the right to food and Raquel Rolnik, Special Rapporteur on...
Interview - For Maldives, climate deal is a survival issue
Indian Ocean archipelago is on climate change front line - Risks being swamped by sea rise through global warming - Climate change damages island fisheries, spurs disease By Pascal Fletcher PORT OF...
Afghanistan + 26 more
Inclusive multilateralism, fully democratic UN needed to combat poverty, terrorism, other threats, speakers tell Assembly General debate
GA/10862 Sixty-fourth General Assembly Plenary 5th & 6th Meetings (AM & PM) To effectively tackle terrorism, entrenched poverty and the threat of weapons proliferation, a more equitable multilateral...
Afghanistan + 6 more
Kathmandu to Copenhagen: A Regional Climate Change Conference
South Asia is endowed with great rivers, which are the lifelines of the regional economy. - Impacts of climate change are shared by many countries across the Himalaya Region. - Regional cooperation...
Maldives: Plan 2009-2010 (MAAMV001)
Executive summary The implementation of tsunami recovery programmes in Maldives since early 2005 has helped to establish goodwill and better understanding within the country about the humanitarian...
Maldives: Water is worth loving
By Valpuri Saarelma, International Federation information and reporting delegate in the Maldives "Water is worth loving" is a Finnish advertising slogan, but it also describes how precious water...
Maldives + 1 more
Federation-wide Tsunami Semi-annual Report 2004-2007 Maldives Appeal No. 28/2004 (1 May to 31 October 2007)
This report covers the period of 1 May to 31 October 2007, but reports cumulative totals from December 2004 onwards. In a world of global challenges, continued poverty, inequity, and increasing...
UAE delegation to Maldives assesses humanitarian needs of tsunami victims
Male, Maldives - The UAE delegation comprising officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Red Crescent Authority (RCA) and the Abu Dhabi Development Fund and Maldivian officials discussed...
Maldives: Coastal flooding OCHA Situation Report No. 3
This situation report is based on information received from the Maldives' National Disaster Management Center, the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in the Maldives, as well as from the OCHA...
Chad + 10 more
Health Action in Crises - Highlights No 158 - 14 to 27 May 2007
Each week, the World Health Organization Health Action in Crises in Geneva produces information highlights on the health aspects of selected humanitarian crises. Drawing on the various WHO...
Maldives: Coastal Floods - Information Bulletin n° 1
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...
USAID provides assistance to Maldives flood victims
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Due to the effects of recent flooding in the Republic of Maldives, the U.S. Government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $100,000 to the UN...
Maldives: Coastal flooding OCHA Situation Report No. 2
This situation report is based on information received from the Maldives' National Disaster Management Center, the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in the Maldives, as well as from the OCHA...
Bangladesh answers Maldives aid call
By Ajay Makan The first response to President Gayoom's appeal for international aid after recent floods has come from a surprise source - Bangladesh. Following the floods, which were on a scale not...
The Bangladeshi chief advisor pledges assistance to the Maldives
The Chief Advisor of the Government of Bangladesh, Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, has pledged assistance to the Maldives, in the wake of last week's widespread damage caused by tidal waves on many islands. He...
Maldives: Floods - Location Map
Please refer to the attached Map.
United Nations aids Maldives after flooding
(New York, 22 May 2007): The Government of the Maldives has appealed for international aid following a series of wave swells that affected at least 35 islands in 13 atolls in the country. It also...
Maldives: Coastal flooding OCHA Situation Report No. 1
This situation report is based on information received from the Maldives' National Disaster Management Center, the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in the Maldives, as well as from the OCHA...
Data collection on the unusual high tide swell across the Maldives
MPND has taken the initiatives on obtaining the data on damage assessment caused by tidal swell that hit many of the islands of the country, together with collecting information on need assessment...