UNITED NATIONS HELPS ALLEVIATE BANGLADESH’S WORSENING FLOOD SITUATION
NEW YORK, 27 July (OCHA) -- A new Operations Coordination Room has been set up to consolidate all assessments of the situation on the ground in Bangladesh, where the flood situation is deteriorating. The Room falls under the Disaster and Emergency Response area of Bangladesh’s Local Consultative Group, which includes such bodies as the United Nations and the World Bank.
Thus far, more than 23 million people have been affected by the devastating floods, and at least 275 have died, a number which may increase. Over 12 million houses and more than 2 million acres of crops have been damaged or destroyed, forcing around 913,241 people to move into shelters. The situation is still worsening in the capital, Dhaka, where water from several river basins is continuing to flow in.
For its part, the Government of Bangladesh, via its Ministry of Food and Disaster Management, has expedited some of its project registration procedures in order to facilitate aid workers’ action in the field.
Other agencies addressing the crisis include the World Health Organization (WHO), which is providing essential drugs and medical supplies; the World Food Programme (WFP), which, with its partners, has been distributing high energy biscuits, rice and polypropylene bags; and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which has pledged a further $100,000 to address the nutrition-, sanitation-, health- and water-related needs of the flood-affected populations. The UNICEF has also donated water purification tablets, temporary sanitary facilities and food for young children.
For further information, please contact:
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) http://ochaonline.un.org
Please also see:
UN seeks to ease Bangladesh's worsening flood crisis http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=11483&Cr=Bangladesh&Cr1=
Death toll from South Asian floods rises to 925, millions stranded http://www.terradaily.com/2004/040726092635.smpldsvu.html
UN RESPONDS TO FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN AFGHANISTAN
http://ochaonline.un.org/DocView.asp?DocID=1597
Funding shortfall hampers delivery of food aid in DPR of Korea, UN says
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=11486&Cr=dprk&Cr1=
Photo courtesy of Islamic Relief
http://www.islamic-relief.com/submenu/About%20Us/visits/bangladesh_flood.htm
NEW YORK, 27 July (OCHA) -- A new Operations Coordination Room has been set up to consolidate all assessments of the situation on the ground in Bangladesh, where the flood situation is deteriorating. The Room falls under the Disaster and Emergency Response area of Bangladesh’s Local Consultative Group, which includes such bodies as the United Nations and the World Bank.
Thus far, more than 23 million people have been affected by the devastating floods, and at least 275 have died, a number which may increase. Over 12 million houses and more than 2 million acres of crops have been damaged or destroyed, forcing around 913,241 people to move into shelters. The situation is still worsening in the capital, Dhaka, where water from several river basins is continuing to flow in.
For its part, the Government of Bangladesh, via its Ministry of Food and Disaster Management, has expedited some of its project registration procedures in order to facilitate aid workers’ action in the field.
Other agencies addressing the crisis include the World Health Organization (WHO), which is providing essential drugs and medical supplies; the World Food Programme (WFP), which, with its partners, has been distributing high energy biscuits, rice and polypropylene bags; and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which has pledged a further $100,000 to address the nutrition-, sanitation-, health- and water-related needs of the flood-affected populations. The UNICEF has also donated water purification tablets, temporary sanitary facilities and food for young children.
For further information, please contact:
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) http://ochaonline.un.org
Please also see:
UN seeks to ease Bangladesh's worsening flood crisis http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=11483&Cr=Bangladesh&Cr1=
Death toll from South Asian floods rises to 925, millions stranded http://www.terradaily.com/2004/040726092635.smpldsvu.html
UN RESPONDS TO FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN AFGHANISTAN
http://ochaonline.un.org/DocView.asp?DocID=1597
Funding shortfall hampers delivery of food aid in DPR of Korea, UN says
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=11486&Cr=dprk&Cr1=
Photo courtesy of Islamic Relief
http://www.islamic-relief.com/submenu/About%20Us/visits/bangladesh_flood.htm