Reports

JAKARTA (June 16) XINHUA - An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter Scale jolted Bengkulu, capital of Indonesia's Bengkulu Province on Friday at about 07:02 local time (00:02 GMT), Antara news agency reported. But no casualties were reported due to the…

General: The National Consultative Council (NCC) met on 14 June to present draft budgetary regulations and to discuss the humanitarian programme in East Timor. Questions raised by the NCC focused on accountability for assistance delivered at the village, sub-district and…

A/54/918 - S/2000/581 General Assembly Fifty-fourth session Agenda item 50 Security Council Fifty-fifth year I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 31 of General Assembly resolution 54/189 A of 17 December 1999, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General…

Dili, 16 June 2000 INDONESIAN INVESTIGATORS TO VISIT EAST TIMOR A team from the Indonesian Attorney General's Office is arriving in Dili early July. The purpose of the visit is to question witnesses and collect material evidence, if any. This was…

Civilian police and customs officers from the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) have seized a shipment of illegal ammunition concealed aboard a cargo arriving from Australia. In a statement issued today in Dili, the UN mission said that…

Period covered: May 16-30, 2000The procurement and delivery of relief assistance to the intended beneficiaries is underway, and while this disaster has been overtaken by the subsequent earthquake which struck Sumatra on 4 June, funds are…

(USDA to send 50,000 metric tons of commodities to World Food Program) Following is the text: (begin text) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman June 15, 2000 STATEMENT BY RICHARD BOUCHER, SPOKESMAN USDA DONATION TO WORLD FOOD PROGRAM FOR NORTH KOREA Today the Department…

The UNHCR/IOM joint repatriation programme of Afghan refugees from Iran to Afghanistan continues to areas outside the drought affected provinces of Kandahar, Helmand, Farah and Nimroz. On Thursday 15 June, an IOM convoy repatriated 739 refugees from Tehran and Mashhad…

When the gigantic cargo plane carrying 83 metric tonnes of aid for Bengkulu's earthquake victims touched down at Jakarta's Sukarno-Hatta airport on 14 June, the chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia - PMI), Mr Mar'ie Muhammad,…

From WEEKLY NEWS 24/00 15 June 2000 On 14 June the International Federation launched an appeal for nearly 5,000,000 Swiss francs to assist the victims of the massive earthquake that devastated Bengkulu province in western Sumatra on 4 June. According to…