Reports

Health: UNICEF has provided medical supplies including infant-delivery kits, essential drugs (such as antibiotics for pneumonia), examination beds, and tents that are being used as temporary health posts until permanent buildings are rebuilt. To prevent a measles epidemic, UNICEF together with…

Press Release GA/COL/3031 - 20000705 To achieve a successful transition to East Timorese independence, it would be useful for all parties concerned to set a date for elections and independence, the representative of Portugal said this afternoon as the Special…

Returns: The total number of organised and voluntary returns to East Timor from West Timor, other parts of Indonesia and Australia stands at 165,626 with a total of 651 crossing the border from West Timor this week. 363 people…

Dili, 5 July 2000 FUTURE SECURITY FORCES TO BE STUDIED A seven-member multinational team from King's College Centre for Defense Studies, London University, will on Saturday begin to undertake an independent study on the future of the security forces of East…

Funding DFID (UK) has agreed to donate =A3450,000 to Afghanaid for promotion of community development in Badakhshan and Kunar provinces. In addition, a grant of =A337,646 to Afghan Development Association (ADA) for Agriculture Rehabilitation and Refugee Resettlement in south and Southwest Afghanistan…

By Dino Gobel MANADO, Indonesia, July 4 (Reuters) - Ten mainly teenage survivors of an Indonesian ferry packed with Christian refugees that sank last week were reunited with weeping relatives on Tuesday and spoke of the panic as the boat…

Conducted on May 13th-16th, and, June, 5th-15thBrief Purpose 1. Identify drought-affected population and their needs. 2. Assess capacity of local CBOs and NGOs. 3. Analyze government and NGO’s assistance to affected people, and, 4. Determine Pattan’s intervention. Locations visited Kohistan and Kachhoo…

Dili, 4 July 2000 MONEY EARMARKED FOR FALINTIL A regulation earmarking US$100,000 in humanitarian aid to the East Timorese national liberation army, Falintil, was approved by the National Consultative Council today. The money, taken from the East Timorese budget, is going…

Since the last update on drought affecting Pakistan in May 2000, three separate missions fielded by the UN System for Pakistan have carried out assessments: an FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment mission to Balochistan, an FAO/WFP mission to…

Current situation The drought in Afghanistan is biting for the second year in succession. It was caused by poor rainfall in 1998 and 1999, followed by unusually dry weather and a lack of rain in recent months. The worst affected…