October 2001
United Nations
Sub-Committee on Nutrition
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This report is issued on the general responsibility of the Secretariat of the
UN 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 UN 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 UN member
agencies concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or
area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers
or boundaries. |
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This report was compiled by Brian Jones of the ACC/SCN
Secretariat |
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We would like to thank all thoseNGOs and UN agencies who contributed information to this report, particularly: AAH-UK, ACF-F, ACF-USA, ACH-S, AI, CONCERN, FAO, FEWS,
FSAU, ICRC, IFRC, Medair, Merlin, MSF-B, MSF-F, MSF-H, MSF-S, OCHA, OLS, OXFAM,
SCF-UK, TearFund, UNHCHR, UNHCR, UNICEF, USAID, WFP, WHO |
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If you have information to contribute to forthcoming reports, or would like to request back issues of the Reports on the Nutrition Situation of Refugees and Displaced Populations (RNIS), please contact: Brian Jones, RNIS Coordinator, ACC/Sub-Committee on
Nutrition |
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The SCN Secretariat and the RNIS Coordinator extend most
sincere thanks to all those individuals and agencies who have provided
information and time for this issue, and hope to continue to develop the
excellent collaboration which has been forged over the years. The RNIS would
particularly like to thank and acknowledge the mapping department of UNHCR for
the supplying of much needed maps for this issue. |
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Funding support is gratefully acknowledged from CIDA, DFA
(Ireland), NORAD, DFID (UK), UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP This report was made possible
through the support provided to the Food and Nutrition Assistance (FANta)
Project by the Office of Health and Nutrition Bureau for Global Programs, Field
Support and Research at the U.S. Agency for International Development, under the
terms of Cooperative Agreement No. HNE-A-00-98-00046-00 awarded to the Academy
for Educational Development (AED). The opinions expressed herein are those of
the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Agency for
International Development. |
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UNITED NATIONS |
Administrative Committee on Coordination |
SUB-COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION
The ACC/SCN 29th Session
including a one-day Symposium* on
Nutrition in the context of crisis and
conflict
will take place in Berlin, Germany
Monday 11 through Friday 15 March 2002
Hosted by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Government of Germany, in collaboration with the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Registration and programme details are available on the SCN website http://acc.unsystem.org/scn/
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* Recent decades have seen an increase in the number of crises of a complex nature, involving both human and natural causes. These crises impact heavily on the nutrition of emergency affected populations, as public health environments are eroded along with food security and traditional coping mechanisms. The symposium will explore the dynamic and complex interaction of factors influencing nutrition in crises of all kinds, at the level of both policy and practice. Particular focus will be given to the definition of vulnerabilities and the factors influencing a household’s ability to cope with crisis. The two-hour wrap-up on the following day will identify recommendations for SCN action. The symposium will include: · Opening address by Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany |
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