Reports

December 14, 1999- Just in time for the Vietnam Consultative Group meeting on December 14 and 15, the World Bank has drawn up plans to help the Southeast Asian nation recover from the worst flooding in a century. Already…

A survey by a South Korean nongovernmental organization shows that more than 70 percent of North Korean refugees in northeastern China had at least one immediate family member die of starvation. The survey, conducted by the Commission to Help North…

Australia will provide $3 million to meet the emergency health needs of up to 140,000 East Timorese people still isolated in refugee camps in West Timor. The Government is deeply concerned at reports that over 150 people, mostly children, have…

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 Ron Redmond 1. North…

S/1999/1248 LETTER DATED 14 DECEMBER 1999 FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL I have the honour to convey the attached communication, dated 10 December 1999 (see annex), which I have received from the Permanent Representative of…

Paul Eckert BEIJING, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Improved harvests and donations have eased North Korea's food shortage, but dire fuel and medicine shortfalls haunt the population as winter descends upon the impoverished state, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday. David…

Background: Vietnam has been experiencing its worst flooding for forty years. According to the information releases by Government of Vietnam a strong storm hit Vietnam's central provinces of Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thein Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang…

Afghanistan Campaign - Physicians for Human Rights AFGHANISTAN ACTION NETWORK December 1999 Overview: In late July, the Taliban launched an intense offensive in the northern Shomali plains against their only remaining military opponents, Northern Alliance forces led by Tajik general Ahmad Masood. Since…

There is an urgent need to return East Timorese displaced from West Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia to their communities of origin in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin as quickly as possible. The safe and orderly…

The Australian Government has committed $13 million for shelter, repatriation, basic education and health, and malaria control and tuberculosis programs. These latest commitments are part of Australia's overall program of $37 million in humanitarian assistance to East Timor in 1999…