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UN aid agency makes record $7.1bn appeal for 2010
Geneva :: Switzerland | 1 day ago
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The United Nations launched an appeal Monday for $7.1 billion in humanitarian aid for 2010 but said it was finalizing calls for about a billion more, which would push the request to a record high. The amount did not include the requirements for Iraq,...
Tags: John Holmes, humanitarian affairs, Switzerland, Geneva, Politics, Humanitarian aid, Consolidated Appeals Process, Civil Affairs, Disaster Accident, Aid, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Humanitarianism, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mine clearance agencies, African Union member states, Sudan, Gaza Strip aid, Central Emergency Response Fund, IRIN, African countries, Israel-Gaza conflict, Least Developed Countries, Humanitarian crisis, Arab League member states, Somalia
'Rich nations should keep promises' --
Port of Spain :: Trinidad and Tobago | 1 day ago
Credibility Rich nations should keep promises' Aretha Welch awelch@trinidadexpress.com Monday, November 30th 2009 The Commonwealth Heads of Government, who were up to yesterday gathered in Port of Spain, are calling on developed countries around the world to stay...
Tags: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Social Issues, Business Finance, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Commonwealth of Nations, Aid
EU accused of risking Copenhagen climate talks with stance on aid funding
Oda :: Ghana | 1 day ago
Credibility Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images The EU was accused of threatening the global climate talks last night after confidential papers showed it wants existing overseas aid funding to be used to help poor countries adapt to global warming, not new and additional...
Tags: climate change, Copenhagen, Britain, existing aid, Gordon Brown, copenhagen climate, climate talks, Europe, aid funding, global funding, Ghana, Oda, Environment, International relations, European Union, Carbon finance, Department for International Development, Development aid, Development, International development, Aid
Use grants well, says NGO
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 1 day ago
Credibility Organisations who receive grants from the Ministry of Social Welfare should ensure the funds are used positively, says Fiji Council of Social Services director Hassan Khan. Mr Khan made the comment yesterday following the 2010 Budget allocation increase...
Tags: Fiji Islands, Suva, Grant, Social Issues, Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program, Aid
IoS letters, emails & online postings (29 November 2009)
Bogotá :: Colombia | 2 days ago
Credibility Your worrying report on Colombia suggests the perfect scenario for the next Iraq ("The US builds up its bases in oil-rich South America", 22 November). Not only does it offer the US generals a chance to get back at "those infuriating commies" in the south,...
Tags: Colombia, Foreign Office, band aid, Bogotá, Ethiopia, Republics, Derg, Andean Community of Nations, Aid, War Conflict
CBI may file fresh chargesheet against Ramalinga Raju
Hyderabad :: India | 3 days ago
Credibility In the wake of new evidences, the CBI will soon file a fresh chargesheet against tainted Satyam Computer founder B Ramalinga Raju and others for allegedly diverting hundreds of crores of rupees to some foreign countries. During the course of the investigations,...
Tags: CBI, India, Hyderabad, Corporate crime, Mahindra Satyam, Maytas, Telugu people, Byrraju Ramalinga Raju, Aid
Twenty countries broke climate change vow
Brussels :: Belgium | 6 days ago
Credibility Canada and 19 other countries have been accused of not living up to their collective vow in 2001 to fund climate change initiatives in the developing world, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported Wednesday. The 2001 Bonn Declaration was struck...
Tags: climate change, Belgium, Brussels, Environment, Diplomatic conferences, European Union, Carbon finance, Bonn, Global warming, Climate change fund, Development, Carbon dioxide, Aid, Kyoto Protocol
Do NGOs provide relief or development?
Kigali :: Rwanda | 7 days ago
Credibility Development agencies cannot hope to bring about lasting change in the communities in which they work. They can only provide short-term relief, argues Karen Treasure Babies and toddlers are weighed during an immunisation programme at the Ojom health centre,...
Tags: development agencies, provide relief, Rwanda, Kigali, International development, Development aid, CARE, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Aid, Development, International relations, Social Issues
Safe to build near coastal areas
Lami :: Fiji Islands | 7 days ago
Credibility Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre's geophysicist Dr Gerard Fryer told the four-day disaster management workshop at the Novotel in Lami last week last week that heeding warnings was very important as shown by the quick movement of Samoan coastal dwellers....
Tags: Dr Gerard Fryer, Lami, higher ground, Fiji Islands, Disaster, Emergency, Aid, Emergency management, Development, Occupational safety and health, Disaster Accident, Environment, Tsunami warning system, Earthquake, Indian Ocean earthquake, Earthquake engineering, Earthquakes, Tsunami, Natural hazards, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Tonga, Fryer, Warning systems, Physical oceanography
SOCIAL SAFETY NET TIGHTENS
Monterey :: TN :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility Past donors now in need of assistance Herald Staff Writer Updated: 11/22/2009 01:27:04 AM PST The second winter holiday season since the economy went south finds more people in Monterey County hurting and the charity groups that help them concerned about...
Tags: food bank, United Way's Dias, Dave Yardley, Jill Allen, social safety, safety net, Judy Burditt, Fatima Dias, Monterey, Thanksgiving, Homelessness, Monterey California, Aid, Monterey County California, Salinas California
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