Reports

Press Contact: Shanta Bryant, 202-667-8227 x127 NGO Contacts: James Bishop, Director of Humanitarian Response, 202-667-8227, x104 Stephen Hricik, Senior Program Associate, x106 The following list was produced by InterAction, a coalition of more than 160 US-based private relief, development and refugee assistance…

Tran Vin was at a loss for words when Red Cross volunteers found him sitting on a pile of bricks in Dong Phuoc commune, about 16 km from Hue. The 76-year-old farmer was wiping tears from his eyes and…

Written by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org Last week's heavy rains have subsided, finally allowing relief convoys to begin helping the thousands left marooned for days in Central Vietnam. Under clearer skies, helicopters continue delivering emergency supplies of food, fresh…

ISLAMABAD, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the southern Afghan town of Kandahar on Wednesday to protest against imminent U.N. sanctions, stoning the local U.N. office, an Afghan news service reported. They also burned the…

Minneapolis, November 10, 1999: Just two months ago images of East Timor flashed across our television and computer screens, revealing the realities of the price of independence. Rather than seeing citizens rejoicing in their new freedom, the public was…

Situation Vietnam is surfacing from its worst floods in 40 years. Storm Number 9, otherwise known as Eve, began with torrential rainstorms on 18 October 1999 and continued without respite until 4 November 1999. Several major rivers in the central…

Refugees: The influx of displaced persons into East Timor is accelerating with the opening of new border crossings. During the past month, returnees have been entering East Timor by air from Kupang, Darwin, Denpensar, Jakarta and Flores and by boat…

IOM NEWS RELEASE (10 November 1999, No. 841) Geneva-New York - Brunson McKinley, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), announced to Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien on 9 November a contribution of USD 10,000 in response to…

Appeal Target: US$ 1,066,463 Geneva, 10 November 1999 Dear Friends, Two months ago after the referendum, the pro-Indonesia militia went on a rampage in East Timor which resulted in virtually the entire population of 850,000 being displaced. Over 250,000 East Timorese fled…

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…