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The powerful quake, which measured 7.9 on the Richter scale and struck 161 kilometres south of the capital, stanley cup Lima, has resulted in the death of over 500 people and injured mor stanley quencher e than 1,000 others, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA . In addition, preliminary assessments indicate that over 37,000 houses and four hospitals were destroyed, while 16 hospitals were damaged. An allocation of $9.6 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund CERF had already been approved for immediate assistance in shelter and camp management, food supply, water and sanitation, health, education, and emergency employment. The flash appeal launched today is based on the latest assessments from UN inter-agency missi stanley thermos ons deployed to the affected areas and reports from official sources, which indicated that more than 200,000 people required life-saving assistance and 56,000 families were homeless. The UN agencies that have been providing assistanc Eelp FAS plan will slash greenhouse gas emissions
During her five-day visit to Nepal, High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay met several families whose loved ones were victim stanley quencher s of serious rights violations, both during and after the decade-long civil war that claimed some 13,000 lives before it ended in 2006. Human rights were violated in these cases in Nepal, and under international law the State has a responsibility to ensure that the families obtain truth and justice, she told a news conference in the capital, Kathmandu. The demands of victims families are not mere wishes they are supported by law, she stressed. And until these demands for justice are fulfilled and accountability for past, and in particular ongoing, violations is ensured, a truly new Nepal will not emerge, and indeed, the peace process could be jeopardised. The civil conflict cam stanley mugs e to an end in 2006 with the signing of a peace acc stanley kubek ord between the Government and Maoists, with the parties also agreeing to set up of a commission on disappearances and a trut |