Reports

General: Despite recent clearance of drains and gutters, much of Dili was inundated with water this evening during the season's first heavy rains. Intensified efforts to improve drainage will continue through food-for-work schemes. Humanitarian agencies are concerned that a number…

Calls on Taliban to cooperate with efforts to prevent catastrophe The United States has called on the Taliban, and all other factions involved in the continuing conflict in Afghanistan, to cooperate with international efforts to assist Internally Displaced Persons (IDP's) in…

Latest News Humanitarian assistance is now reaching an estimated 12,000 people in Oecussi, an isolated enclave surrounded by West Timor. The Australian Government is supporting the emergency relief efforts of aid agencies who are working with people coming out of…

Yesterday seven air sorties were conducted into East Timor. Meanwhile the Australian heavy landing ship, HMAS Tobruk and the Canadian ship, HMSC Protecteur, continue unloading at Suai and will later return to Dili. Troops from the Republic of Korea have begun…

(As of 19:00 PM on 04 November 1999) 1. The Synopsis of Flood and Rain: (According to Official Reports No.128 PCLBTW issued by the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control in Hanoi on 04 November 1999), On 04 November…

An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission, which visited the country from 9 to 19 October, noted that food supply prospects will remain precarious over the next 12 months despite some improvement in rice production this year. The…

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…

Returning Families in Suai in Critical Need of Water CONTACT: Amy Lynn O'Toole, (404) 681-4579, ext. 383 ATLANTA (November 4, 1999) - CARE has extended its emergency relief activities in East Timor to towns previously inaccessible due to security risks. Just east of…

Posted on Thu, 04 Nov 1999 21:15:46 GMT Written by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org More than 60,000 Afghan refugees face a harsh winter in the Hindu Kush Mountains where food stockpiles aren't expected to last and many will…

AT A GLANCE Militias opposing repatriation step up intimidation along the border areas of West Timor, firing guns in the air at a camp where refugees were departing for East Timor and in front of the UNHCR office. UNHCR staff report…