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IRIN Humanitarian Web Special: Surviving disaster
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UN Emergency Unit for Ethiopia Field Trip Report: 13 - 18 February 2001
26 February (Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia) - The Somali National Regional State and its people are often objects of prejudgment by those who from outside its vast and rugged terrain are prone to associate it more with history and difficulties of the past than with opportunities and demands of the present and future. The SNRS is without argument devoid of many of the conveniences that lure long-term commitment and vision to other regions. And yet, there are international organizations that have worked in the Region for more than a decade and those more recently arrived that have demonstrated a commitment to long-term intervention. Some of these same organisations have suffered great loss and frustration and yet they remain entrenched in their belief that something can be done to turn a downward spiral initiated in the late 1970's into a gradually ascending staircase to prosperity.
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Catherine Bertini, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General
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Catherine Bertini, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, seeks international support to break the cycle of drought and famine in the Horn Of Africa
Geneva, 30 January (UN OCHA)- The United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the drought in the Greater Horn of Africa, Catherine Bertini, launched today an interagency appeal of $ 353 million to cover the needs of 13 million people affected by the drought in five countries in the Horn of Africa. Emergency assistance will be required from January to December 2001 in sectors comprising: food, shelter, water and sanitation, health and nutrition, agriculture, livestock, education, security and de-mining, logistics and coordination for drought-affected populations in Eritrea and Djibouti and for six months for Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. In her statement to senior representatives of donor countries, Ms. Bertini urged the international community to pursue its effort in alleviating the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people in the Greater Horn of Africa.
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