Timor-Leste
News Release No: 2000/448/EAP LISBON, June 23, 2000 - Donors today pledged their continued support for East Timor, in a meeting here hosted by the Government of Portugal. Donors reaffirmed the substantial pledges for the reconstruction and development of East…
Timor-Leste
By Mr. Jemal-ud-din Kassum Vice President, East Asia and Pacific Region, The World Bank Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies, and Gentlemen: As you all know, this meeting is the second of an unusual breed - a joint United Nations and World…
Timor-Leste
Ottawa - Canada's Minister for International Cooperation, Maria Minna, today announced $7.4 million to help the citizens of East Timor rebuild their lives. The funds will be used throughout this fiscal year (2000-2001) to strengthen the structures of democratic government…
Timor-Leste
East Timor has taken another step towards independence. An enlarged all-Timorese Consultative Council has been appointed to operate jointly as a power sharing coalition with the United Nations. Senior East Timorese leaders have been arguing that they were not being given a…
Pakistan
Secretariat of Japan Disaster Relief Team The following is a report on emergency drought relief (equipment supply) to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 21 (Wed), after consultations with the Ministry of…
Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- "'A time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.' Those words from John 16 (NIV) sound very different when read to an Indonesian congregation," said Duane Ruth-Heffelbower,…
Indonesia
The following is a report on the return of the Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Medical Team to Japan: After leaving Bengkulu at 12 noon on June 18 (Sun) and traveling to Jakarta, the team arrived safely at Narita International Airport…
Afghanistan
Oxfam GB Country Representative Chris Johnson gives a vivid account of her recent trip to Zabul province, Afghanistan and the effect the drought is having on the people there. We leave Kabul at dawn, the already-warm air brown with dust.…
Timor-Leste
The head of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) today urged a meeting of donors in Portugal to continue to provide funds for the UN's work in the newly independent territory, highlighting the need for sustained…
Mongolia
Summer may have arrived in Mongolia but the consequences of this year's devastating 'dzud' - as the severe winter is called - are far from being over for 450,000 people scattered in the 13 affected provinces. Current high temperatures…
