Reports

Indonesia's president declared a state of emergency June 26, as Christian-Muslim fighting escalated. By Dan Murphy , Special to The Christian Science Monitor A day after Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid declared a state of emergency in the strife-torn Maluku islands, paramilitaries continued…

Stressing that a climate of fear is still a reality in the East Timorese refugee camps in West Timor, U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke questioned Indonesia's ability to control the pro-Jakarta militia. Speaking during a Security Council discussion on East Timor June…

Period covered: 13 June to 27 June 2000 Although aftershocks continue, daily life is slowly returning to normal in the Bengkulu province. Schools and shops are being re-opened (sometimes in makeshift facilities) and reconstruction has begun. Many families still sleep…

OCTOBER 1999 - DECEMBER 2000 JUNE 2000 Table ITotal Funding Requirements for theRevised 1999 - 2000 United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency AppealFor West TimorBy Sector and Appealing OrganisationsOctober 1999 - December 2000 Sector Revised Requirements (US$) Repatriation and Protection 7,694,500 Food Aid and Food…

Tens of thousands beyond help of aid agencies, hospitals running out of supplies New York, June 27, 2000 - The international aid agency Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today expressed its extreme concern about the rapid deterioration of the humanitarian…

Afghanistan remains in a state of "acute crisis" with its people living in "deplorable" conditions, according to the latest report by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who says that a dialogue among the country's warring parties and an improved understanding among Governments in…

Press Release SC/6882 The Secretary-General's Special Representative for East Timor, Sergio Vieira de Mello, told the Security Council today that he expected elections for a constituent assembly to be held in the second half of next year. Briefing…

Dili, 27 June 2000 DELEGATION HEADS FOR JAKARTA TO DISCUSS SCHOLARSHIPS An UNTAET-CNRT delegation shall leave for Jakarta tomorrow to discuss the framework and administrative arrangements for scholarships for students who wish to resume their studies in Indonesia. The delegation will meet…

From IOM PRESS BRIEFING NOTES 27 June 2000 by Niurka Piñeiro, IOM Spokesperson International agencies, including IOM, who withdrew from the Kupang refugee camps over a week ago following an attack on UNHCR staff have not yet returned. Refugees wanting to…

Press Briefing Film clips documenting the profound impact of the massive loss of livestock to the nomadic Mongolians as a result of the drought were presented this morning at a Headquarters press conference on the relief efforts under way. The press…