Reports

by Niurka Pineiro, IOM Spokesperson Timor: Some 650 East Timorese have returned in the last four days TIMOR - Over the last four days, IOM has helped some 650 displaced East Timorese to return home from West Timor. Kosovo: IOM starts…

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Response Office of Transition Initiatives Country Situation Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has continued his efforts to reform and gain civilian control over the powerful Indonesian military (TNI). In January, President Wahid dismissed retired…

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Response Office of Transition Initiatives Country Situation The international humanitarian emergency phase has ended in East Timor. The remaining humanitarian work is focusing on reintegrating returning refugees from West Timor, responding to…

DILI, 29 FEBRUARY 2000 The Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET): Recalling Decision no.V/MPR/1999 of the People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia of 19 October 1999 concerning East Timor;…

Introduction Over 78 per cent of Timorese voters chose the independence option in the UN-organized ballot held on 30 August 1999. The announcement of the voting results was followed by a widespread campaign of violence and destruction by the pro-integration…

IDPs in Kabul Efforts by UN and other agencies to monitor conditions and provide support for displaced families in the region continue. Of the tens of thousands of people, who were initially forced to leave their villages and travel to…

At a GlanceSituation In 1999, internal conflict destroyed much of East Timor. Basic health services and water & sanitation systems have deteriorated. Malaria and other insect-borne diseases threaten thousands of lives. Merlin Programme Co-ordinating a task force of agencies to combat…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0033 Philippines - Volcanic Eruption OCHA Situation Report No. 2 29 February 2000 Situation 1. Since the first eruption in the morning of 24 February 2000, Mt. Mayon in Albay province, 330 km southeast of Manila in the Philippines, has…

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…

The World Food Programme is concerned that there may be a perception in the international community that the crisis is over in DPRK. Two years of food assistance have made a remarkable difference. However the people still…