Summary
The present report is prepared pursuant to General Assembly resolutions 66/9 and 66/120. It provides an update and analysis of the current challenges facing the delivery of humanitarian relief and rehabilitation provided by the United Nations and its partners to countries affected by natural disasters. In compliance with the Assembly’s request to consolidate and streamline reports whenever possible, the two reports under the present agenda item have been consolidated into a single document covering the emergency humanitarian assistance provided for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama; and the humanitarian assistance, emergency relief and rehabilitation provided in response to the severe drought in the Horn of Africa region.