Reports

Special Issue on the Drought in Afghanistan Crisis Areas In the worst drought to strike Afghanistan since 1971, the hardest hit area so far is southern Afghanistan, with a belt of severe drought in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Uruzgon, and Nimroz. …

TORTURE HOUSE IN SUAI Dili, 3 May 2000 The UNTAET Civilian Police and Human Rights Unit are investigating a Torture House in Bilako, a town in the subdistrict of Zumalai, Suai. According to witnesses, two weeks before the 30 August referendum, about…

From IFRC WEEKLY NEWS 18/00 The Indonesian Red Cross and the International Federation are assessing the needs of people on Sulawesi Island, hit by an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale yesterday. Representatives from the Federation and the Palu…

Just as India is recovering from the devastating cyclone that ripped through the East last November, wells have recently dried up and crops have withered in the drought afflicting the nation's sun-blistered west and central regions. Today, up to 80…

With the rapidly worsening drought situation in South Asia, ACT members across the region are gearing up for humanitarian intervention. India: ACT members Churches Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) and Lutheran World Service (LWS) * India, are presently assessing the drought situation…

Islamabad (United Nations Office of the Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan) - 2 May 2000. The United Nations in Afghanistan today asked donors for 1.8 million dollars to provide immediate assistance for drought victims in Afghanistan, said Terence Barker today at…

QUETTA, Pakistan, May 2 (Reuters) - Pakistan has called in troops and is expanding relief operations in Baluchistan province as people flee a withering drought, officials said on Tuesday. Thousands had left their homes or were planning to leave in…

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 left Kris Janowski 1. Timor The…

MENTORS TO JUDGES Dili, 2 May 2000 Two international experts arrived in Dili yesterday to strengthen the training of judges and to launch a new mentoring program for the 16 Timorese judges, prosecutors and public defenders who were appointed so far…

From IOM PRESS BRIEFING NOTES by Niurka Pineiro, IOM Spokesperson Today, 2 of May, IOM transported 915 persons to the Afghan border -- 534 persons were transported on board 14 IOM buses and four trucks from the Repatriation Centre in…