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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.