Reports

General: Unemployment continues to hamper reconstruction, particularly in towns, where 80 percent of the population is estimated to be without visible means of support. As part of the effort to move from the emergency phase to rehabilitation, agencies are gearing-up…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On January 1, 2000 an earthquake occurred destroying homes and buildings in Northern Afghanistan. Fortunately, there were no casualties. SNI sent an assessment team to the region to do a preliminary survey. Along with ACTED, and UNDP, we were…

Catholic Relief Services continues to respond to the worst flooding to hit Vietnam this century. Currently, the regions of Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Tri, Quang Nam, Quang Binh and Da Nang City are still experiencing life-threatening floods. "This compounds the damage…

This report includes: A) Democratic People's Republic of Korea B) Afghanistan C) Balkans - new WFP documents on the Web D) Ethiopia E) Angola F) Sierra Leone. From Jean-Jacques Graisse, Assistant Executive Director. Available on the Internet on the WFP Home…

On the island of Timor - one half in Indonesia and the other half being the new country of East Timor - Catholic Relief Services is assisting refugees living in West Timor camps as well as people in East…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is stepping up efforts to improve food delivery to refugees in West Timor, after a nutritional survey of the camps there showed that almost a quarter of the children under the…

General: The two most under-serviced areas in East Timor remain the Ambeno enclave and Ainaro district. Although several NGOs, UN Agencies and the ICRC continue to cover many needs in the food, health and shelter sectors, current humanitarian coverage is…

The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) is moving forward in its efforts to establish a functioning judicial system in the territory, a UN spokesman said today. Tomorrow, UNTAET is scheduled to swear in a Transitional Judicial Service…

The United Nations says pro-Jakarta militias in West Timor are impeding the return of more than 100-thousand refugees to East Timor. It says the militias have also threatened personnel from the U-N High Commissioner for Refugees. UNHCR spokesman, Paul Stromberg, says the…

Contact: Pierre Habshi and Shep Lowman (202) 828-0110 or pierre@refintl.org Recent reports suggest that East Timorese militia leaders are softening their resistance to the return home of East Timorese. The numbers of returnees are climbing to about 1,000 per week, and…