Note to the Secretary-General: UN Action to Assist the Government of Ethiopia's Response to the Floods

Title

Note to the Secretary-General: UN Action to Assist the Government of Ethiopia's Response to the Floods

Date

9 August 2006

Description

Margareta Wahlstrom reports to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan about the one-day mission that was undertaken by OCHA, WFP, UNICEF and the Ethiopian to assess damages caused by heavy rains and floods killing 210 people in Dire Dawa, northeast of Addis-Ababa. She also mentions the humanitarian actions taken so far y UN Agencies on the grounds and the difficulties they're facing with the high death toll and emerging diseases.

Type

Internal memo

Coverage

Language

English

Source

United Nations

Format

PDF

Identifier

UN2145

Rights

United Nations

Original Format

Memorandums

Collection

Citation

Margareta Wahlstrom, “Note to the Secretary-General: UN Action to Assist the Government of Ethiopia's Response to the Floods,” The Selected Papers of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan 1997-2006, accessed July 16, 2024, https://ccnydigitalscholarship.org/kofiannan/items/show/8914.

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