Reports

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 8 March 2000 - "United Nations agencies working for Afghanistan salute and commend Afghan women for their dedication to their families and society," said Acting United Nations Co-ordinator Ahmed Farah at…

Appeal Target: US$ 137,134 Geneva, 8 March 2000 Dear Colleagues, The Mayon Volcano located in Albay Province on the southern tip of Luzon Island is one of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines. Mayon started to show new signs of…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0044 OCHA Situation Report No. 3 Philippines - Volcanic Eruption 7 March 2000 Situation 1. Mt. Mayon in Albay province, 330 km southeast of Manila in the Philippines, has been in a state of upheaval since the…

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES The World Bank recently called a meeting of more than twenty countries in Tokyo to discuss the reconstruction of East Timor. Oxfam sent a representative to East Timor in the leadup to the meeting to coordinate and consult…

Catholic Relief Services continues to assist refugees living in West Timor, Indonesian camps as well as those in East Timor. Despite the constant level of insecurity throughout the island more than 133,000 people have been able to return to…

Catholic Relief Services recently visited Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Tri in the central provinces and remains committed to Vietnam's flood relief efforts. Agency staff continues to respond to the worst flooding to hit Vietnam in the last century. Mr Hoi:…

This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations. Quoted text from this briefing note may be attributed to the UNHCR spokesperson named below left Kris Janowski 1. Kenya Over…

Funding To date a total of USD 27.5 million has been pledged to Afghanistan. Of this, USD 21.6 million is in response to the Appeal. These represents ten percent of the total funding (USD 221 million) requested through the Appeal. Of…

Press Release WHO/11 Dr Jim Tulloch, Director of the Child and Adolescent Health Programme at World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters, has been named by the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) to head the new health administration there.…

Dili, 7 March 2000 PKF confronts militia UN Peacekeeping troops captured one militia member yesterday afternoon, after an exchange of fire in Atsabe, Ermera district, some 60 kilometers away from the border with Indonesia. Five militia fired around 15 rounds, and Peacekeeping…