Reports

Ref. OCHA/GVA - 2000/0125 OCHA Situation Report No. 9 Mongolia - "Multiple Dzud" 18 July 2000 On 11 February 2000 the Government of Mongolia appealed to the international community for assistance. On 3 April 2000 the United Nations launched an Inter-Agency Appeal…

ISLAMABAD - The United Nations World Food Programme today announced a major relief operation to help more than 1.6 million famine-threatened people survive the worst drought in Afghanistan in more than 30 years. Under this new emergency operation, WFP will bring…

On July 14 (Fri), the Government of Japan decided to extend emergency grant aid totaling $28,710,000 to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to assist the steady progress of the process toward…

Surveillance The Provincial Health Department's Refugee Health Task Force, in cooperation with WHO epidemiological consultants, has released refugee morbidity and mortality data through week 27 of 2000. Epidemiological data were reported from TTS and Belu Districts by…

By Imtiaz Gul, dpa Kandahar, Afghanistan (dpa) - The drought that has devastated Afghanistan's once-lush pastures and farmlands has relegated Daud, 42, from a proud owner to a petty wage slave. ''With my 120 sheep, a few goats and donkeys,…

North Korea The Partnership With Women Task Group, part of the CWS International Justice and Human Rights Office, is sending a delegation of five North American women to North Korea on August 23 to establish direct relationships with women from…

Release No. 0238.00 - FAS PR 0285-00 WASHINGTON, July 17, 2000 -- Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will donate an additional 350,000 metric tons of U.S. wheat, corn, rice, and other commodities to…

Dili, 17 July 2000 FIRST MEETING OF TRANSITIONAL CABINET The first meeting of the new Cabinet of the Transitional Government in East Timor was held today, 17 July. The cabinet members discussed a range of organizational issues including cabinet procedures, a…

Programme No: 01.61/2000 Period covered: 1 January - 30 June 2000 Despite the significant impact that the Snowfalls operation has had on the Mongolian Red Cross Society (MRCS), they have continued to implement their development programmes and carry out additional activities…

January to June 2000 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP) for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPR Korea) establishes a clear overall strategy and direction for the humanitarian programme and builds a common sense of…