HIGHLIGHTS - The nutrition supplement Resource GI shield has been shipped to the island. - A Centre for National Operations (CNO) for relief work established under the President of Sri Lanka. - UNHCR...
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Indonesia: UNHCR emergency airlift for Aceh set for takeoff
GENEVA, Jan. 1 (UNHCR) -- A UN refugee agency emergency airlift operation was set to get off the ground Sunday from Denmark and Dubai, carrying 400 tonnes of urgent humanitarian aid to Indonesia's...
Indonesia + 1 more
Indonesia: 400 tonnes of UNHCR shelter, relief supplies bound for Aceh
GENEVA, Dec 31 (UNHCR) - More than 400 tonnes of shelter and other emergency supplies will soon be on their way to the tsunami-battered Indonesian province of Aceh as the UN refugee agency starts a...
Sri Lanka: Deaths caused by tsunamis by districts
Total No. of deaths: 27,589
Balance de la política pública de prevención, protección y atención al desplazamiento interno forzado en Colombia, agosto 2002 - agosto 2004
Presentación En Colombia, el desplazamiento forzado es la manifestación más crítica de los efectos del conflicto armado sobre la población civil. Ésta es una de las más graves situaciones en materia...
Uganda + 3 more
Baseline Survey of the Good Humanitarian Donorship Pilot in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the two countries chosen to pilot the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) initiative. A set of indicators reflecting the GHD...
UNHCR Sri Lanka Situation Report 31 Dec 2004
HIGHLIGHTS - While there are not yet any reports of outbreaks of disease, the fear of epidemics is constantly present - Urgent need to provide psychosocial support to traumatized persons. - Reports...
Sri Lanka: Divisions affected by Tsunamis
Please refer to the attached Map.
UNHCR Sri Lanka Situation Report 30 Dec 2004
HIGHLIGHTS - UN Missions to the Galle in the South and Kilinochchi in the North to assess the situation. - President Chandrika Kumaratunga-Bandaranaike called two meetings of all political parties to...
Indonesia + 3 more
UNHCR to airlift emergency shelters for 100,000 people in Aceh
GENEVA, Dec 29 (UNHCR) - Up to 100,000 people in Indonesia's Aceh province who lost their homes in Sunday's devastating earthquake and tidal waves could soon receive emergency shelters as part of the...
UNHCR Sri Lanka Situation Report 29 Dec 2004
HIGHLIGHTS: Natalie Guillerm, Associate Protection Officer returned to work today after a narrow escape from the tidal wave in Unawatuna. Her hotel room was filled with water and she managed to...
Indonesia + 2 more
South Asia: No holding back on emergency aid to tsunami victims, says UNHCR
GENEVA, Dec 28 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency is working closely with the United Nations country teams to provide relief and assistance to tens of thousands of people throughout the Asian region...
UNHCR distributes aid to disaster victims in Sri Lanka
This press release is issued by Media Relations & Public Information, UNHCR, Geneva. UNHCR in Sri Lanka is opening up its local relief stockpiles to deliver immediate emergency assistance to victims...
Côte d'Ivoire + 6 more
UNHCR Liberia: Briefing notes 27 Dec 2004
Repatriation and return movements in Liberia UNHCR continues to assist IDPs return under the interagency collaborative framework. Thousands of IDPS have volunteered to return under the facilitated...
Sri Lanka's tidal wave victims to receive UNHCR aid
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec 27 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency, supported by its Dutch partner, is set to distribute emergency aid to victims of Sunday's tidal waves in Sri Lanka while awaiting news of...
Afghanistan: UNHCR brings health care to Kabul's street children
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec 23 (UNHCR) - They are an all too frequent sight on the streets of the Afghan capital. Whether sifting through garbage looking for scraps of plastic or metal, selling...
DR Congo: Congolese returnees lobby for more aid in South Kivu
BARAKA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dec 22 (UNHCR) - After seven years in exile in Tanzania, Christophe Watokewa Lobemba came back to the town of Fizi, in the South Kivu region of the...
Serbia + 1 more
Displaced Kosovars return home on go-and-see visit
KOSOVO (UNHCR) - It doesn't take much to destroy a house, but it takes a lot more to break the foundations of a community, as a group of internally displaced persons (IDPs) discovered when they...
Angola + 7 more
Refugees facing food shortages - WFP needs funding
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond - to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 21 December 2004, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. More than...
Chad + 1 more
Chad: Extreme concerns on Chad's capacity to sustain further influx from Darfur
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond - to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 21 December 2004, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR is...