[PDF] Top 20 Humanitarian crisis. Out of the spotlight. European Community Humanitarian Office annual review 2000

... May 2000 saw the culmination of the two-year border war when Ethiopian forces went deep into Eritrean territory causing another wave of displacement. IDP numbers increased dramatically to approximately 300,000, ... See full document

... them out when the beam I was resting on fell and pinned my left ...get out before the landslide engulfed ...get out before the whole building sank under a mountain of mud and ...himself out of ... See full document

... In 2002, the main focus of instability was Liberia. In Sierra Leone and Guinea, the situation continued to stabilise although the after-effects of Sierra Leone’s long civil war continued to be felt. The country still had ... See full document

... massive humanitarian aid and media ...allocate humanitarian assistance to both north and south Sudan ( € 310 million since ...through- out Sudan, humanitarian needs there will have to be met ... See full document

... the humanitarian needs resulting from the Kosovo crisis have been almost fully ...on humanitarian aid by funding self- reliance ...immediate humanitarian needs while the newly established ... See full document

... writing). Humanitarian personnel were heavily targeted by combatants in early 1999 (looting, confiscation of equipment, arrest of local staff, ...core humanitarian emergency assistance, medical and ... See full document

... We can only be glad we collectively made that possible' Wh>t of the overall pictUre/ ECHO made av:dlable ECU 4~2 million comp>red w1th ECU 657 million In the P""''ous year That might g1v[r] ... See full document

... THE SIGNATORIES OF THE MAORJO OECLARAnON: Brian Atwood USAIO Admlnlstmtor, Carol Bellamy Executlve Director of Unlcef, Catherine Bertini Executive Director World Food Programme, Emma Bon[r] ... See full document

... Heavy rainfall in Guyana from late December 2004 to the end of January 2005 caused massive fl ooding giving rise to signifi cant humanitarian needs, particular in the health and sanitation sectors. From the initial ... See full document

... Bangladesh, which is prone to natural disasters, was affected by severe flooding during the summer monsoon season. Over 13 million people struggled to cope with the trauma of losing relatives and the destruction of their ... See full document

... in crisis spots such as Afghanistan, Chechnya, Liberia and the Palestinian ...Territories. Humanitarian agencies and their person- nel have increasingly been drawn into the firing line, undermining their ... See full document

... a humanitarian office in Yangon, its experts were present in the stric- ken area from the early stages and they con- tinue to monitor the situation ... See full document

... ‘We had been listening a lot to the news’ recalled Asnuri ‘because we were expecting Mount Merapi to erupt.’ The nearby volcano had been rumbling for months and ejecting clouds of smoke and lava for weeks. ‘But the ... See full document

... both humanitarian programming and data collection, including needs assessment and program monitoring ...no humanitarian assistance or other direct benefit would result from participation in the ...from ... See full document

... The continuing violence and Community and ECHO considerably strengthened their aid operations on all fronts, contributing more than ECU 100 million to intemolionol efforts in the tempora[r] ... See full document

... the crisis deepened in 2000 into a humanitarian catastrophe of unprecedented ...in 2000 together with the intervention plan of € 20 million approved in June, ECHO contributed around € 30 ... See full document

... As with other Conventions and the International Bill of Rights discussed herein, the Government of Sudan is in gross violation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child [r] ... See full document

... Conclusively, while resort to armed conflict is hardly an ideal way to resolve disputes, it is nonetheless employed rather too frequently. It brings in its wake, massive destabilization, destruction and significant loss ... See full document

... refugee crisis, as per the UN report, the number of Syrian refugees had far exceeded 3 ...refugee crisis has caused the “Jordan is Palestine” threat to be diminished due to the onslaught of new refugees in ... See full document

... Twenty yeors loter it con drow on the following fesoUlces: i emergency funds for victims of noiurol disosters or conflict ot leosi ECU ll0 million in 1992; ii on emergency food oid budge[r] ... See full document