Reports

THIS APPEAL SEEKS CHF 459’000 IN CASH, KIND AND SERVICES TO ASSIST 17,500 BENEFICIARIES FOR THREE MONTHS Summary An earthquake followed by a tsunami (tidal wave) struck Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province on 4 May, leaving 41 dead and…

Pat Patierno, Director, Office of Humanitarian Demining Programs, Bureau of Political Military AffairsAddress at the forum, "Landmines: Human Rights and National Security" Sponsored by the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, New York City, May 15, 2000 Good…

ISLAMABAD, May 15 (IRIN) - Despite the imminent closure of four UN offices in Afghanistan, the top UN political official for Afghanistan expressed optimism on 9 May in view of what he described as a "current spate of international…

JOURNALISTS TO ATTEND NCC SESSION Dili, 15 May 2000 The National Consultative Council will meet tomorrow at 2 p.m. for an information session and for budget discussions. For the first time, journalists are invited to attend the first part of the…

1 - 14 May 2000 UNTAET, Indonesia sign agreement on border iissues The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) and the Government of Indonesia have signed an agreement intended to help foster closer cooperation on border issues and to…

Forty activists from nine European countries, the United States, and Indonesia came together in the Netherlands during the second weekend in May 2000, for the first international solidarity conference on East Timor since the referendum last August. The meeting was…

Dili, 12 May 2000 NCC members informally discussed a service tax proposal, and will continue discussion at their next meeting scheduled for Tuesday 16 May. On Wednesday there will be a public hearing in which the NCC members, interested business…

Road and Transport Conditions Alert: The prolonged rainy season, years of inadequate maintenance and vehicle loads too heavy for road conditions continue to take their toll on roads in East Timor, severely hampering deliveries and threatening to bring to a…

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 Kris Janowski 1. Guinea/Sierra Leone UNHCR…

There is a continuing need to return displaced people in West Timor to their communities of origin in East Timor, in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin. The safe and orderly return transportation of displaced people is…