Reports

Period covered: May - June 2000 AFGHANISTAN: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR ENDURING EMERGENCIES The Afghanistan Red Crescent Society (ARCS), arguably the only indigenous, nation wide humanitarian organisation in the country, is doing its utmost to maintain its ability to work with all…

Ref. OCHA/GVA - 2000/0131 OCHA Situation Report No. 4 Afghanistan - Drought 19 July 2000 Central and South Asia are currently suffering from severe drought. The countries most affected are Afghanistan, India, Iran, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. The disaster has also spread over Mongolia,…

A widespread drought has affected the Horn of Africa and central Asia and has been particularly severe in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan. The absence of rain this year follows a marked decrease in rainfall over the past few seasons,…

If negotiations with the Taliban to permit women to continue to work in Afghanistan were unsuccessful, then delivering assistance to victims of the drought currently being experienced by that country would become extremely difficult, correspondents were told at a Headquarters…

New York, 19 July 2000 - The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) today warned that a severe drought is affecting more than 60 million people in Central and South Asia, particularly in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, India and Iran. This drought…

1. Context The conflict in the Malukus 1 , which erupted in January 1999, have to date caused a reported 3,000 lives and forced about 500,000 people to leave their homes, either within their resident island or to other islands…

CENTRAL ASIA - DROUGHT Central and South Asia are currently suffering from severe drought. The countries most affected are Afghanistan, India, Iran, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. However, the disaster has also spread over Mongolia, northern and western China, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Syria…

UN Coordinators Mission to Kabul Following discussions with the Foreign Minister of the Taliban in Kandahar on 6th July, the UN Coordinator, Erick de Mul, traveled to Kabul to on 16th July to follow up with the authorities on the…

Dili, 18 July 2000 PILOT LAND MAPPING EXERCISE UNTAET's Land and Property Unit will start a pilot mapping exercise on 26 July to determine boundaries of land in Dili. This will be the beginning of a systematic registration of land parcels…

Amid ongoing security problems in camps for East Timorese refugees in West Timor, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today began a two-day meeting with UN agencies and non-governmental organizations to review their assistance activities in the area. Speaking…