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Coming Days Will Require Patience and Calm, Kofi Annan Stresses The people of East Timor had voted by 78.5 per cent to 21.5 per cent against the special autonomy proposed by Indonesia, Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the Security Council tonight as…

S/PRST/1999/27 3 September 1999 At the 4042nd meeting of the Security Council, held on 3 September 1999 in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in East Timor", the President of the Security Council made the following…

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson said today there is an urgent need for international action in East Timor to protect the fundamental human rights of a terrorized population. Expressing deep concern over reports of spiraling violence in…

This report includes: A) Afghanistan B) FR Yugoslavia - Kosovo C) Angola D) Somalia E) Tanzania F) Sahel: Mauritania, the Gambia and Chad G) Recently approved WFP EMOPs and PRROs. From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical Support Service. Available on…

Prepared by: UNDP/MARD - DISASTER MANAGEMENT UNIT, VIE/97/002 1. Summary of Current Disaster Conditions in Vietnam 1. Situation Analysis of Storm: (According to Bulletin No.ATND-V-1 DBKT, issued by the Hydro-meteorological Service of Vietnam in Hanoi at 09:30 AM on 03 September…

Presidential Statement Also Requests Secretary-General To Report as Soon as Possible on Implementation of Ballot Result While welcoming the successful popular consultation of the East Timorese people on 30 August, the Security Council tonight condemned the violence which both preceded and…

Press Release AFG/105 - PI/1169 - 19990903 ISLAMABAD, 3 September (UN Information Centre) -- Stephanie Bunker, United Nations Spokesperson for Afghanistan, announced today that the recent United Nations mission to the Panjshir Valley (Northern Afghanistan) has found that up to…

* Incorporates translation from the French part of the press conference. The Spokesman [Fred Eckhard]: The Secretary-General just made his statement to the Security Council. He will have no opening statement for you and will go immediately to your…

In an effort to deal with any contingency following the UN-sponsored ballot held in East Timor on 30 August, the ICRC's Jakarta delegation has dispatched a shipload of food and other relief supplies to the territory. The consignment contains…

In the aftermath of inter-ethnic clashes in Sambas, West Kalimantan earlier this year, the ICRC worked in conjunction with the local branch of the Indonesian Red Cross to distribute relief supplies to people forced to flee their homes. Between…