Humanitarian and special economic assistance

In 2004, the United Nations, through the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), continued to mobilize and coordinate humanitarian assistance to respond to international emergencies. During the year, consolidated interagency appeals were launched for Angola, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, Chechnya and neighbouring republics of the Russian Federation, Côte d’Ivoire + 3 (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali), the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Eritrea, the Great Lakes region (Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania), Grenada, Guinea, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Philippines, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tajikistan, the United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, the West Africa subregion (Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone) and Zimbabwe. The appeals sought 3.4 billion, of which 2.2 billion was made available, meeting 64 percent of requirements. Excluding contributions in kind and services not costed, OCHA recorded contributions for natural disaster assistance totalling $597.3 million.

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