UNHCR Provides Large Relief to Northern Areas via Turkey/NATO
UN Agency for Refugees (UNHCR) site complete article:
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/news/opendoc.htm?tbl=NEWS&id=43566ab44
Story date: 19 October 2005
UNHCR Press Releases
".....In all, the NATO/UNHCR airlift out of Turkey will deliver nearly 10,000 family tents, around 104,000 blankets and 2,000 stoves stockpiled in the UNHCR warehouses in Turkey.The exact number of flights that will be necessary will depend on the type of planes made available by individual NATO countries. So far, a total of 11 C-130 planes have been offered by the UK, Italy, France, Turkey and Greece, and other NATO countries may join the operation in the coming days.
Hundreds of tonnes of UNHCR relief supplies, including thousands of urgently needed tents, are also being rushed from other stockpiles around the world to help Pakistan's earthquake victims. The provision of tents has become one of the most urgent priorities, as hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors from an estimated 15,000 affected Himalayan towns and villages struggle to find any kind of shelter amid a deadly mix of continuing aftershocks, broken supply routes and cold, wet weather, which may soon turn to snow.
In addition to the joint NATO/UNHCR airlift from Turkey, another eight UNHCR flights have arrived or are currently in the air from Dubai, Jordan and Denmark.Supplies have also been arriving by land, with a giant UNHCR-WFP convoy of 47 trucks, carrying 1,500 ten-person tents, 50,000 plastic sheets, 20,000 blankets and 10,000 jerry cans from UNHCR warehouses in Afghanistan, reaching the Pakistani city of Peshawar late on Monday. In all, the UN refugee agency is currently planning to ship a total of more than 15,000 tents, 220,000 blankets, 69,000 plastic sheets, 500 plastic rolls, 32,000 kitchen sets, 2,000 stoves and 5,000 lanterns from its stockpiles around the world.
UNHCR has appealed for $22 million to fund its activities in the earthquake affected areas. So far, Sweden has pledged US$ 2.57 million, Japan has announced a US$1 million contribution, and Italy has said it will give €250,000."
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/news/opendoc.htm?tbl=NEWS&id=43566ab44
Story date: 19 October 2005
UNHCR Press Releases
".....In all, the NATO/UNHCR airlift out of Turkey will deliver nearly 10,000 family tents, around 104,000 blankets and 2,000 stoves stockpiled in the UNHCR warehouses in Turkey.The exact number of flights that will be necessary will depend on the type of planes made available by individual NATO countries. So far, a total of 11 C-130 planes have been offered by the UK, Italy, France, Turkey and Greece, and other NATO countries may join the operation in the coming days.
Hundreds of tonnes of UNHCR relief supplies, including thousands of urgently needed tents, are also being rushed from other stockpiles around the world to help Pakistan's earthquake victims. The provision of tents has become one of the most urgent priorities, as hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors from an estimated 15,000 affected Himalayan towns and villages struggle to find any kind of shelter amid a deadly mix of continuing aftershocks, broken supply routes and cold, wet weather, which may soon turn to snow.
In addition to the joint NATO/UNHCR airlift from Turkey, another eight UNHCR flights have arrived or are currently in the air from Dubai, Jordan and Denmark.Supplies have also been arriving by land, with a giant UNHCR-WFP convoy of 47 trucks, carrying 1,500 ten-person tents, 50,000 plastic sheets, 20,000 blankets and 10,000 jerry cans from UNHCR warehouses in Afghanistan, reaching the Pakistani city of Peshawar late on Monday. In all, the UN refugee agency is currently planning to ship a total of more than 15,000 tents, 220,000 blankets, 69,000 plastic sheets, 500 plastic rolls, 32,000 kitchen sets, 2,000 stoves and 5,000 lanterns from its stockpiles around the world.
UNHCR has appealed for $22 million to fund its activities in the earthquake affected areas. So far, Sweden has pledged US$ 2.57 million, Japan has announced a US$1 million contribution, and Italy has said it will give €250,000."
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