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DILI, East Timor - The U.N. World Food Programme is moving thousands of metric tons of food by land, sea and air throughout East Timor to feed people returning from West Timor and internally displaced before the rainy season…

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE Church World Service is the Humanitarian Agency of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. 35 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs SITUATION: The worst flooding in Vietnam this century…

New York, 9 November 1999 -- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in cooperation with the Governments of Canada, Norway and the United Kingdom, has launched a programme to repair 60 power stations that deliver electricity to the entire…

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…

Vietnam is experiencing its worst flood for 40 years. More than 530 people have died, 15,000 have been evacuated and hundreds of thousands remain stranded in difficult conditions. Thua Thien-Hua province, which has a population of 1 million, is…

General: Although employment opportunities remain very limited, markets continue to expand in Dili and other major population centres. Prices remain high, with basic food stocks five to seven times more expensive than before the popular consultation. CARE has begun regular…

appeal no. 18/99; budget revision period covered: 19 August 10 November 1999 Although the monsoon rains should slowly be reaching an end by this time of year, the country continues to experience heavy rain fall, causing serious flooding in certain…

East Timor On November 5, the World Food Program (WFP) transported 27 MT of rice via helicopter to the town of Atsabe. Additionally, WFP is in the process of transporting food to nine coastal ports including the island of Atauro…

On November 8 (Mon), the Government of Japan decided to extend grass-roots grant assistance of up to 9.6 million yen to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Delegation of Viet Nam to assist flood-afflicted people…

Three United Nations experts have begun investigating alleged human rights abuses in East Timor. Speaking at a press conference today in Dili, Asma Jahangir, the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary and Arbitrary Execution said that the three envoys had held…