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A senior United Nations official today called for greater efforts to assist Afghans, who remain extremely vulnerable to a wide range of health challenges associated with natural disasters, conflict and the lack of coverage of health services.
The UN has launched a worldwide campaign to enhance the safety of 1 million schools and hospitals, where poor construction, an absence of safety drills and lack of emergency equipment can lead to the highest death tolls during earthquakes and other disasters...
'For weeks, experts have been assessing the needs and costs of the disaster. In tandem, Haiti's president and government have worked out a strategic national 'action plan' to guide recovery and development. It is a visionary document,' writes UN Secretary General in an op-ed for the Washington Post...
The UN is helping Tajikistan, a mountainous country prone to natural disasters, enhance its capacity to withstand catastrophes such as floods, avalanches and earthquakes which often destroy homes and critical infrastructure in the Central Asian nation...
The Advisory Group will be tasked with creating practical proposals to boost both short- and long-term financing for mitigation and adaptation strategies in developing countries...
'Before last month’s disaster, we had a plan for Haiti’s long-term development and reconstruction. Our challenge today is to reformulate that plan to help Haitians build back better' said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the launch of the revised flash appeal for Haiti's recovery...
With five years to go before the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says progress has been uneven and without an accelerated action plan several Goals are likely to be missed in many countries...
United Nations agencies voiced alarm today at the lack of global support for Haiti's immediate agricultural needs, such as seed and fertilizers to ensure food from the next planting season, while stressing that disaster mitigation techniques must figure fully...
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