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Liberian refugees start coming home from Côte d'Ivoire
12 Jan 2005 The first land convoy bringing Liberian refugees from Côte d'Ivoire arrived home this week, bringing to about 6,000 the total number of Liberian refugees UNHCR has helped to come home in the past 15 months. -
Major push underway to get UNHCR relief supplies to Aceh
12 Jan 2005 In a major push to get all UNHCR's 400 tonnes of relief supplies that were airlifted into Indonesia to the tsunami-stricken province of Aceh, the refugee agency is today using additional commercial charter flights and truck convoys from Jakarta to move supplies to Banda Aceh. Meanwhile in Geneva, it is not yet clear how much funding the refugee agency will receive for its tsunami emergency proposals from the US$738 million pledged at the Indian Ocean Flash Appeal late Tuesday. -
UNHCR steps up aid to tsunami victims as U.N. urges donor governments to be generous
11 Jan 2005 UNHCR continues to move relief supplies to tsunami survivors in hard-hit areas of Indonesia and Sri Lanka, while participating in a UN conference in Geneva asking donor governments to fully fund an appeal for $977 million. -
UNHCR targets aid to Indonesian city worst hit by tsunami
10 Jan 2005 The UN refugee agency has begun focusing its natural disaster efforts in Indonesia on the west coast of Aceh province, including Meulaboh, the city that bore the most deadly force of the Dec. 26 tsunami. -
UNHCR's emergency airlift ongoing, supplies arriving
4 Jan 2005 As UNHCR's emergency airlift flights begin to land in Indonesia with badly needed shelter materials and basic living supplies, an assessment mission is due to investigate the tsunami- and earthquake-damaged remote western coast of Aceh, where the refugee agency plans to target its assistance. -
Massive UNHCR airlift gets underway for tsunami victims
2 Jan 2005 A giant Antonov 124 cargo plane loaded with 100 tonnes of urgent relief supplies leaves Denmark to spearhead a massive UNHCR airlift operation aimed at providing vital aid to 100,000 people in Indonesia's tsunami-battered Aceh province. The three-day airlift operation will deliver 400 tonnes of aid from UNHCR stockpiles in Denmark and Dubai. On the ground, meanwhile, UNHCR's logistics and supply teams set up advance bases in northern Sumatra, while the refugee agency continues round-the-clock relief operations in Sri Lanka. -
UNHCR emergency airlift for Aceh set for takeoff
1 Jan 2005 A UN refugee agency emergency airlift operation was set to get off the ground Sunday from Denmark and Dubai, carrying 400 tonnes of urgent aid to Indonesia's disaster-razed province of Aceh. A 14-member emergency team of UNHCR specialists is also being deployed to Aceh as part of a joint UN response to the disaster. -
400 tonnes of UNHCR shelter, relief supplies bound for Aceh
31 Dec 2004 Starting this weekend, UNHCR will airlift shelter materials and other emergency supplies from its warehouses in Copenhagen and Dubai to assist an initial 100,000 tsunami-affected people in Indonesia's Aceh province. -
UNHCR to airlift emergency shelters for 100,000 people in Aceh
29 Dec 2004 UNHCR plans to airlift tents from its warehouse in Dubai to the devastated Indonesian province closest to the epicentre of the earthquake. The refugee agency has also contributed US$50,000 to the UN Emergency Relief Plan in Thailand, and continues relief efforts in Sri Lanka.