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23 March 2012 - 8:58pmThe UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, has highlighted the importance of working with South-East Asian countries to implement measures to manage and reduce the risk of disasters, which affected more than 176 million people in the region last year. During her visit to Cambodia, Singapore,... -
20 March 2012 - 7:51pmOn 11 March 2011, Japan experienced one of the worst natural disasters in its history. The Great East Japan Earthquake claimed nearly 16,000 lives and destroyed some 128,000 homes and buildings. More than 3,200 people are still missing. Prior to the one-year anniversary commemorations, the Head of the OCHA... -
19 March 2012 - 7:05pmIt is a quiet afternoon in Selimbey, one of the many deserted districts in the outskirts of Van in south-east Turkey, which is still recovering from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that shook the city in October 2011. Parts of Van are still deserted. But amid the ruins, some families do not have the resources... -
9 March 2012 - 3:42pmOn 11 March 2011, Japan experienced one of the worst natural disasters in its history. The Great East Japan Earthquake claimed nearly 16,000 lives and destroyed some 128,000 homes and buildings. More than 3,200 people are still missing. In the hours following the disaster, a joint OCHA/UN... -
28 February 2012 - 8:25pmPerveen Majeed and her family lost all their belongings during Pakistan’s devastating floods in 2010. Their home was severely damaged and Perveen’s small handicrafts business was ruined. As the family’s sole breadwinner, Perveen depended on the business to help feed her...
