Reports

QUETTA, July 21 (APP)- The Charge d'Affair Kuwait Faisal Almutairy assured to provide assistance to drought victims in Balochistan on behalf of his Government. He gave the assurance during a briefing held here on Thursday on drought relief operation…

Dili, 21 July 2000 SECOND MEETING OF CABINET At its second meeting yesterday, the East Timorese Cabinet agreed to appoint Mr. Mari Alkatiri and Mr. Peter Galbraith to the Ministerial Council for the Zone of Cooperation in the Timor Gap.…

Returns: The total number of organised and spontaneous returns recorded by UNHCR on the 18th July stands at 167,062. In the past week 940 persons were assisted back to East Timor, 695 by sea and 239 by land from West…

TIMOR - UPDATE - Over the past week IOM has assisted only 380 East Timorese refugees to return home. Yesterday IOM assisted 181 people to cross the border at Batugade. On Tuesday the IOM-operated ship, the Patricia Anne Hotung…

Mongolian herdsmen may be facing another winter disaster as failing summer rains are leaving little fodder for the animals who are their livelihood. Officials say that the weather and vegetation conditions in many provinces are similar to last summer's…

Westport, CT. - Most of Afghanistan and regions of western and southern Pakistan are currently suffering from the worst drought in living memory. Children are showing signs of malnutrition and families are migrating in search of food, water and…

(amended version) Background Several countries in Central and South Asia are currently suffering from severe drought. The countries most affected are Afghanistan, India, Iran, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. In Pakistan, Balochistan and Sindh Provinces have been affected by drought. In Baluchistan province,…

The Australian Council for Overseas Aid (ACFOA) has urged the Indonesian Government to seek international help to establish a Humanitarian Peace Corridor in Maluku to enable humanitarian workers to provide essential food and medical care to the hundreds of…

by Martha Thompson, GRI's Project Administrator for East Timor Deliberate underdevelopment The Portuguese colonists did not invest in East Timor: they extracted resources. When Indonesia occupied the ex-colony twenty five years ago, it pursued an active policy of underdevelopment. East…

Under the direction of the Divisional Commander of the Central Philippines Division, Lt.-Colonel Anita Orane, Officers and Salvationists have assisted in helping victims and family members of the Payatas landslide in Quezon City, Manila. After torrential rains - three typhoons hitting…