IASC Weekly Meeting on the Humanitarian Response to the Floods in Yemen, and Protection Challenges in Haiti
Geneva
Meeting Documents
Summary Note, IASC Weekly Meeting on the Humanitarian Response to the Floods in Yemen, and Protection Challenges in Haiti, 12 November 2008
Presenters
I Briefing on the Protection Challenges in the Humanitarian Context in Haiti
Briefing on the Protection Challenges in the Humanitarian Context in Haiti will provide a briefing on her recent mission to Haiti and the protection challenges in the humanitarian context in the country. She will also give an update on the process for revision of the Pilot Manual of the IASC Operational Guidelines on Protecting Persons Affected by Natural Disasters.
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II Briefing on the Humanitarian Response to the Floods in Yemen
Briefing on the Humanitarian Response to the Floods in Yemen will provide a briefing on the humanitarian response to the Yemen floods (24-25 October 2008), which affected eastern Yemen, particularly Wadi Hadramout valley and the coastal areas. These floods are considered to be one of the most serious natural disasters in Yemen in the last decades, with an estimated 20,000 – 25,000 displaced persons.
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