UN to send envoy as Nepal flood toll crosses 50

As the flood toll rose in Nepal more than 50 lives lost and thousands stranded in the western region, the United Nations announced last week that it was sending a special envoy to announce a disaster reduction plan.

Margareta Wahlström, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's special representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, will arrive in Kathmandu Tuesday for a three-day visit, accompanied by senior officials from the World Bank, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.