Reports

ROME - With the approach of winter threatening to push some 65,000 people in Afghanistan's remote Panjshir Valley into a severe food crisis, the United Nations World Food Programme says it is stepping up efforts to get stocks to…

Interfet's Construction Engineer Regiment is continuing to improve roads and airfields in preparation for the monsoon season. Interfet forces are also continuing their security and support to humanitarian operations, particularly in the Ambeno/Oecussi enclave and western regencies. The international community's…

The United Nations mission in East Timor reported today that the Indonesian Army (TNI) forces still remaining in East Timor were now consolidated in one single location, as part of their preparations to leave the territory. A UN spokesman said…

OCHA Geneva 99/0197 Bangladesh/India - Cyclone OCHA Situation Report No. 2 29 October 1999 This report does not represent an official cyclone warning or alert for any country. 1. The media reports that the powerful cyclone which was approaching the Bangladesh - Indian…

IOM NEWS RELEASE No. 839 Geneva-New York - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has opened a new ferry return route to increase the overall pace and effectiveness of the return operation from West Timor to East Timor. Today, two…

Geneva, 29 October 1999 ACT member, Church World Service (CWS) Pakistan reports that the fighting between the Taliban and the Northern Alliance which started in August 1999, has resulted in the displacement of several thousand families in Kabul, Central and…

The situation Security in East Timor: there are no serious incidents to report Security in West Timor seems to be improving according to the UNHCR. No incidents have been reported in Atambua. Although security along the border remains a concern. Displaced Persons:…

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…

Interfet maintains a presence throughout the entire mandated area of East Timor and continues to provide support to humanitarian operations, particularly in the Ambeno/Oecussi enclave and western regions. The international Community's aid effort has now reached the enclave. Interfet's Construction Engineer…

This statement was made by Klaus Rohland, Country Director for Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands at the World Bank, at the start of the joint assessment mission in East Timor. DILI, October 28, 1999 - It has been only…