Reports

The Disaster In the last few days, storms, flash floods, overflowing rivers and embankment erosions have claimed dozens of lives and destroyed tens of thousands of homes, chiefly along Bangladesh's major river system. The rains have come earlier than usual…

Period covered: 1 - 30 April In response to increasing concerns over the rapidly declining water sources in the south and south-west of Afghanistan the Federation delegation undertook planning and initiated assessment missions to the affected areas together with the…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0106 OCHA Situation Report No. 1 Bangladesh - Rainstorms and Floods 29 May 2000 Situation and Damage 1. Severe winds accompanied by heavy rains swept across Bangladesh on 27 May 2000. According to the Office of the UN Resident Co-ordinator…

15 - 28 May 2000 UNTAET announces zero tolerance policy on people toting weapons Following a violent clash in Dili that left five people hospitalized and had police confiscating dozens of sticks and clubs, the head of the United Nations Transitional…

SITUATION: As noted in the May 4, 2000, CWS/ERO Situation Report (South Asia Drought), a rapidly worsening drought is affecting millions throughout southern Asia, including India, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The current drought is reported to be a part of the…

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, May 26 (Reuters) - North Korea plans to seek $250 million from donor countries next month under a plan to achieve food self-sufficiency for its hungry population in 2002, the top U.N. official in the impoverished…

by Llewellyn Juby My secretary walked into my office and said that someone wanted to see me. I went out to the entrance to find a small man sitting on a metal stool. I held out my hand to…

Ref. OCHA/GVA - 2000/0104 OCHA Situation Report No. 6 Indonesia - Floods 26 May 2000 1. The following is an updated summary provided by the UNHCR/OCHA on 25 May. This will be the last of the daily updates on the floods in…

AI Index ASA 11/001/2000 News Service Nr. 100 PUBLIC STATEMENT Amnesty International is concerned there will be a further escalation of war in Afghanistan resulting in further human rights violations following a recent warning from Russia's Defence Minister and other senior…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Quoted text from this briefing note may be attributed to the UNHCR spokesperson named below Ron Redmond 1. Sri Lanka UNHCR…