Natural Disasters: News From the Field
- “Tsunami Early Warning System Moves Ahead at UN Workshop,” UN News Service, 14 June 2006, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=18850&Cr=tsunami&Cr1=
- “UN Symposium Seeks to Enhance Early Warning and Mitigation for Natural Disasters,” UN News Service, 13 June 2006, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=18593&Cr=disaster&Cr1=
- “UN Disaster Relief Fund Makes First Donations for Under-resourced Emergencies,” UN News Service, 10 May 2006, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=18422&Cr=cerf&Cr1=
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, “Horn of Africa: Invest in Development to Reduce Drought Vulnerability - UN Envoy,” IRIN News, 2 May 2006, http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=53110&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=HORN_OF_AFRICA
- “Annan Appoints Advisory Group for New Quick-Response Relief Aid Fund,” UN News Service, 28 April 2006, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=18291&Cr=CERF&Cr1=
- “15 Million People Threatened by Severe Drought in Horn of Africa—UN Agency,” UN News Service, 26 April 2006, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=18252&Cr=Horn&Cr1=Africa, and FAO Newsroom, “Persistent food insecurity and livelihood crisis in the Horn of Africa,” 26 April 2006, http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000284/index.html
- Emily Wax, “Dying for Water in Somalia’s Drought,” Washington Post, 14 April 2006, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/13/AR2006041302116.html
- “UN Agency Calls for Major Steps Mitigate Effects of Natural Disasters Worldwide,” UN News Service, 23 March 2006, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=17903&Cr=WMO&Cr1=
- Central Emergency Response Fund, 9 March 2006, http://ochaonline.un.org/webpage.asp?Page=2101, and http://unfoundation.org/cerf/index.asp.
- “Governments Must Do More to Reduce the Impact of Natural Disasters – UN Body,” UN News Service, 18 January 2006, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=17198&Cr=disaster&Cr1=
- “2005 Sets Record for Weather-related Disasters, UN Climate Conference Told,” UN News Service, 7 December 2005, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=16834&Cr=climate&Cr1=change
- “World’s Poorest Nations Need Global Aid to Improve Disaster Preparedness – UN,” UN News Service, 3 November 2005, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=16454&Cr=LDCs&Cr1=disaster
- “Annan Urges Global Emphasis on Disaster Planning to Mitigate Death and Destruction,” UN News Service, 27 September 2005, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=16005&Cr=disaster&Cr1=&Kw1=tsunami&Kw2=&Kw3=
- “Worldwide Disaster Response Capabilities Criticized in New UN Report,” UN News Service, 2 September 2005, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=15667&Cr=disaster&Cr1=Egeland
- “UN Weather Agency Outlines Ambitious Programme in Natural Disaster Mitigation,” UN News Service, 15 July 2005, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=15036&Cr=climate&Cr1=change&Kw1=WMO&Kw2=&Kw3=