Category: Humanitarians

The Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) celebrated its tenth year of operation last year. A part of the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Human Activities (OCHA), yet independent, IRIN was established in 1995 to provide accurate and timely information about the Great Lakes crisis so that the humanitarian community would be better informed...

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On 8 October, an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck Afghanistan, northern India and Pakistan, the latter the worst hit of the three. In Pakistan, more than 73,000 people were killed, another 70,000 injured and more than 3 million affected. IOM has responded with a six-month emergency humanitarian operation there encompassing the provision...

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