Reports

Dili, 12 April 2000 EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT GATHERS PACE THROUGH USAID/UNTAET INITIATIVE One thousand people have been employed in Dili this week under a Transitional Employment Project to clean roadsides, drainage and market area. Another thousand is expected to be employed under the…

U.S. financial and physical assistance for humanitarian demining programs in countries throughout the world helps remove landmines that each year "kill or maim more than 25,000 people, mostly innocent civilians -- many of them women and children," the State Department's…

General: The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Rehabilitation, Mr. Akira Takahashi, traveled to Ermera District yesterday, 11 April, to assess the current status of humanitarian operations. Mr. Takahashi held comprehensive meetings with representatives from the…

News Release No: 2000/290/EAP DILI, April 11, 2000 - East Timor will benefit from an initial grant of US$4.8 million, signed today by Jean-Christian Cady, Acting Special Representative to the Secretary General; Sarah Cliffe, World Bank Mission Chief in East…

After a 14-hour journey from Manila, the Philippines, the five members of the Salvation Army relief team arrived in Legaspi - the site of the volcanic eruption - in two vehicles loaded with sleeping mats, blankets and foodstuff. The…

The International Federation on 22 February 2000 appealed for CHF 815,200 to assist 30,000 thousand Mongolian herdsmen and their families who are wrestling a disaster on a scale hitherto unknown to their country. Over half a million animals have…

This memorandum of understanding is between the Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) Military Component. The UNTAET Military Component comprises of the UNTAET Peacekeeping Force (PKF) and the UNTAET United Nations Military…

The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) today signed an agreement with the Government of Indonesia that will improve coordination in the border area between East and West Timor. The Force Commander of UN forces in East Timor, Lt.…

Geneva, 11 April 2000 Mr Chairman, Madam High Commissioner, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr Chairman, and the Bureau, on your election, and thank you for opening this agenda item to allow me to address the Commission…

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 Jacques Franquin 1. Iran On…