UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia (UNDP-EUE) Updates

1 Overview/Executive Summary Since the launch of the Joint Government-UN appeal "Emergency Assistance Requirements and Implementation Options for 2003" in December 2002, the Disaster Prevention and...

MS. CAROLYN MCASKIE: POPULATION GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT ARE KEY ISSUES Ms. Carolyn McAskie, United Nations Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...

Response for Wabe Shebelle River Flooding Victims in Somali region Background: flooding necessary and welcomed for recession agriculture The current rains in Somali region, locally known as the Gu...

Assessment Mission: 20 May - 01 June 2003 By Dechassa Lemessa, UN OCHA-Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia 1. Introduction and background Normally, Borana and Guji zones receive a bimodal type of rain:...

Therapeutic feeding brings partial relief, new hotspots Introduction and Background Situation deteriorating since last year Many parts of the Southern Region of SNNPR, in particular the zones along...

OCHA: CAROLYN MCASKIE TO VISIT ETHIOPIA The Deputy Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...

Assessment Mission: 24 - 26 May 2003 By Dr. Wolde-Selassie Abbute, UN OCHA-Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia 1 Introduction and background In Genna Boossa Woreda Due to the severity of the situation,...

COORDINATED RESPONSE TO FLOOD AFFECTED The jointly coordinated government/ICRC/UN/NGO relief operations for flood victims are expanding as more areas are now accessible by road in the parts of Gode...

DRAMATIC CRISIS SITUATION IN SNNPR UNICEF is organising a special mission next week to SNNPR comprised of UNCEF staff posted with the DPPC in Awassa, Regional Emergency Advisor, nutritionist and...

Field Assessment Mission: 7 - 10 April & 15 - 17 April 2003 Introduction and background The mission's major objectives were to assess the humanitarian situation in Arsi, following three years of...

GOVERNMENT, NGOS AND UNICEF PROVIDE FOR THERAPEUTIC FEEDING INTERVENTIONS The Government, NGOs and UNICEF have expanded therapeutic feeding interventions considerably in April to meet the needs of...

DPPC-Led Multi-Agency Assessments identify 1.2 Million beneficiary increase The DPPC reports that the multi-agency assessment identified an additional 1,227,077 people in need of emergency...

Joint UN-/DPPC Mission to Amhara region reported stable situation The UN-EUE conducted a joint rapid reassessment mission together with WFP and DPPC in North Wollo, North Gondar and Gojam zones of...

RELIEF FOOD OPERATIONS UPDATE The short season (belg) rains continue in various parts of the country. The belg picture is very mixed; although recent rains have been positive, many areas suffered...

RECENT NUTRITIONAL SURVEYS INDICATE POOR TO CRITICAL NUTRITIONAL STATUS In February and March 2003, World Vision (WV) conducted nutrition surveys in 11 woredas in Afar, Tigray and SNNPR. In Afar,...

Assessment Mission: 9 - 22 February 2003 1 Introduction and background Tigray region suffered from prolonged civil war and the Ethio-Eritrea border conflict being the most recent conflict that...

Assessment Mission: 2 - 13 March 2003 Three years of low rainfalls and poor harvests in Hararghe have spurred the UN-EUE to organize a follow-up assessment mission at small rainy season (Belg). Steep...

Humanitarian Community to Gear Up for Second Half of the Year The current re-assessment of food needs for 2003 in selected areas of the country is likely to bring an increase in beneficiary numbers...

Assessment Mission: 1 - 16 March 2003 1. Introduction and background A combination of population pressure, small land holdings, land degradation, erratic rainfall and a number of negative economic...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC) and the UN Country Team today launched the addendum to the "Emergency Assistance Requirements and Implementation...