Reports

COUNTRY SITUATION 22.1 million people live in poverty and substandard conditions Infrastructure in ruins from 21 years of war Systemic gender discrimination against women and girls Widespread human rights abuses based on ethnicity, religion and language Landmines 309,000 children under five years of age die each…

Refugees return to their homes in East Timor Agriculture, the most important economic sector in East Timor, was hit hard by the violence that followed the 30 August referendum on East Timor's independence from Indonesia. Almost a third of farming families…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today said it has protested to the Chinese government over the deportation of seven individuals to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), where they could face severe reprisals. UNHCR last…

Déployées dans l'urgence dès le 16 septembre 1999, lendemain du vote de la résolution 1264 des Nations unies, les forces françaises se retirent totalement du Timor oriental. Les derniers éléments quitteront la zone le 18 janvier, à l'exception de…

General: In light of widespread unemployment and rising social tensions, agencies working in the food sector will continue with general distributions until the maize harvest in March and April. The decision to continue with distributions for the entire population represents…

UN, INTERFET, the international security force, and Indonesian military officials today signed a memorandum of understanding intended to improve cooperation at the border between East and West Timor, Fred Eckhard, the spokesman for the Secretary-General, announced in New York. The memorandum…

Afghanistan Support Group On 9 December 1999, at the meeting of the Afghanistan Support Group (ASG) in Ot6tawa, Switzerland accepted the chair of the ASG from Canada. The ASG is a group of countries which work together to provide international…

The floods that hit Vietnam on 2nd November 1999 were the worst in 40 years. Just as people were beginning to rebuild their livelihoods, they were hit by a second wave of floods during the first week of December.…

(Washington, D.C. Jan. 11) The Institute for Strategic Reconciliation (ISR) confirmed today that critically needed Essential Drugs have arrived at Port Nampo of DPR Korea on December 29, 1999 for distribution to key medical facilities in the next two…

The report of the International Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights Violations in East Timor was delivered to Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday, his spokesman said today in New York. Spokesman Fred Eckhard said the report was now being studied…