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Searching for survivors in the aftermath of the devasting earthquake in China (16 May 2008)

UNICEF rushes emergency relief to quake victims in China

18 May 2008
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is rushing to send emergency relief supplies to the centre of China's Sichuan province, the area most devastated by last Monday's catastrophic earthquake.

Recovery effort in quake-hit parts of Pakistan can serve as model – UN-HABITAT

10 October 2007
Two years a devastating earthquake in Pakistan Administered Kashmir, UN-HABITAT said the reconstruction effort, which has included the rebuilding of more than 150,000 houses in a manner that makes them more resilient to future shocks, can serve as a model for other response efforts.

UN seeks emergency funds for vital health services following Peru earthquake

29 August 2007
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is appealing for $850,000 in emergency funding to ensure that up to 250,000 victims of the recent earthquake in Peru receive critical health services.
Distributing food aid in Peru

Peru: UN seeks $37 million to assist earthquake victims

28 August 2007
The United Nations and its humanitarian partners today appealed for $37 million to provide more than 200,000 people with food, water, medical assistance, tents and blankets for a period of six months following the deadly earthquake that struck Peru nearly two weeks ago.

Peru quake: UN agencies press ahead with aid effort while identifying key needs

20 August 2007
Clean water, basic sanitation, food, shelter and temporary jobs have become the priority needs in the wake of last week’s deadly earthquake in Peru, United Nations relief officials said today as they prepared to launch a flash appeal to help survivors while maintaining an emergency aid effort that has continued since the disaster hit.
Special Envoy George Bush, former US President

Basic services still lacking for too many after last year’s Pakistan quake, says UN envoy

6 October 2006
A year after an earthquake devastated northern Pakistan, killing more than 73,000 people, the United Nations envoy for the recovery effort said a funding shortfall means too many of the estimated 3.5 million people affected by the quake still lack access to basic services such as clean water, sanitation and housing.
Pakistan's quake survivors who cannot go home

With most Pakistan quake survivors now home, UN hands tasks to local authorities

31 August 2006
Now that hundreds of thousands of survivors of last October’s deadly earthquake in Pakistan have returned home from temporary camps, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today closed the offices in the region, handing over full responsibility for managing remaining relief camps to local authorities on schedule.

UN rushes emergency aid to Tajikistan after earthquakes affect thousands in the south

1 August 2006
The United Nations is providing $20,000 in emergency assistance to Tajikistan after earthquakes hit two southern districts of the Central Asian country at the weekend, affecting around 9,000 people and damaging infrastructure in a region close to the border with Afghanistan.
Families in village near Muzaffarabad

UN assists effort to relocate almost 4,000 survivors from last year’s Pakistan earthquake

24 July 2006
Almost 4,000 survivors from last year’s earthquake in northern Pakistan have been moved to relief camps from villages at risk of landslides as heavy monsoon rains lash the quake-affected areas, the United Nations relief agency said today, highlighting an intense, month-long UN-assisted relocation effort.

UN food agency provides aid after earthquake and tsunami kill hundreds in Indonesia

18 July 2006
Following yesterday’s deadly earthquake and resulting tsunami that hit Indonesia’s island of Java, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is today sending two truckloads of food assistance to the survivors, as estimates of the number dead, injured and missing in the disaster climbed toward 600, with 30,000 others displaced.