UNITED NATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON
COORDINATION
SUB-COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION
ACC/SCN
ACC/SCN, Geneva, 15 February 1996
ACC/SCN, c/o World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia,
CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
Telephone: [41-22] 791 04 56, Fax: [41-22]798 88 91,
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Secretariat of the U.N.'s ACC/Sub-Committee on Nutrition; the material it
contains should not be regarded as necessarily endorsed by, or reflecting the
official positions of the ACC/SCN and its U.N. member agencies. The designations
employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the
expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the ACC/SCN or its U.N.
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This report was compiled by the ACC/SCN Secretariat, with the help of Jeremy Shoham, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Funding support is gratefully acknowledged from CIDA, NORAD, UNHCR, and WFP, as are inputs in kind from UNICEF and Save the Children Fund, UK. UNHCR kindly provided most of the maps used.
We would like to thank all those agencies who contributed information to this report, particularly AICF, CONCERN, UN/DHA, FAO, ICRC, IFRC, MERLIN, MSF-Belgium, MSF-CIS, MSF-France, MSF-Holland, SCF-UK, UNHCR, UNICEF, USAID, WFP, WHO, and WV.
1. Angola
2. Benin/Ghana/Togo Region
3. Burkina Faso and Mauritania
4. Burundi/Rwanda Situation
5. Central African Republic
6. Djibouti
7. Ethiopia
8. Kenya
9. Liberia/Sierra Leone Region
10. Mauritanian Refugees in Senegal
11. Mozambique Region
12. Somalia
13. Sudan
14. Uganda
15. Zaire
16. Zambia
17. Afghanistan Region
18. Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal
19. Refugees from Rakhine State, Myanmar in Bangladesh
20. Southern Iraq
List of Sources for February 1996 RNIS Report
List of Tables, Figures and Annexes
Table 1 - Information Available on Total Refugee/Displaced Populations (as of February 1996)
Table 2 - Summary of Origin and Location of Major Populations of Refugees, Returnees and Displaced People in Africa February 1996 - RNIS #14 (population estimates in thousands)
Figure 1 - Refugee and Displaced Populations
Figure 2 - Trends in Total Refugee/Displaced Populations and Risk Categories
Figure 3 - Trends in Population Estimates and Risk Categories in Six Countries
Annex 1 - Results of Surveys Quoted in February RNIS Report (#14) - usually children 6-59 months
Annex 2 - Seasonality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Map A - Situational Map
Map 1 - Angola
Map 3 - Mauritania
Map 4 - Burundi/Rwanda Region
Map 6 - Djibouti
Map 7 - Ethiopia
Map 8 - Kenya
Map 9 - Liberia/Sierra Leone
Map 11 - Mozambique
Map 12 - Somalia
Map 13 - Sudan
Map 14 - Uganda
Map 15 - Zaire
Map 17 - Afghanistan
Map 18 - Nepal
Map 19 - Bangladesh