Reports

MEDIA RELEASE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ALEXANDER DOWNER AA 00 042 12 Oct 2000 The Australian Government is greatly concerned by the devastation and disruption to life in Cambodia caused by ongoing flooding of the Mekong River. The Australian Government's overseas aid program will…

Period covered: 28 September - 11 October 2000While the emergency response effort has been increased by the Royal Cambodian Government (RGC) in co-operation with the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) and other partners, the needs of the…

Background: Cambodia had been experiencing its worst flooding for thirty years from July to September 2000. According to the information released by Cambodian Red Cross Society, nearly 1.5 million people in seventeen provinces were affected by torrential rains and succeeding floods…

No. 100/00 7 October 2000 PRESIDENT WILL ALSO URGE VIET NAM TO CONTINUE REFORMS Asian Development Bank President Tadao Chino will inform Cambodian authorities that an ADB mission will return to the country in late October to finalize an emergency rehabilitation project…

Phnom Penh (dpa) - The president of the Asian Development Bank will announce an emergency flood aid programme and push Cambodia to redirect spending into poverty reduction during his visit next week, the ADB said on Friday. ADB President Tadao…

Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos have been ravaged by the worst floods along the Mekong Delta in nearly 40 years. Approximately 200,000 Cambodians have fled their homes to escape the floods that have killed several hundred people across South…

From Xinhua World News Summary at 0800 GMT, October 4 PHNOM PENH -- Cambodian Minister of Finance Keat Chhon confirmed Tuesday that the World Bank will give a low-interest 10 million U.S. dollar loan to Cambodia for rehabilitation from flood damage,…

Appeal Target: US$ 581,420 Geneva, 4 October 2000 Dear Colleagues, Since July, heavy monsoon rains (twice the average) has hit the Southeast Asian countries of Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia resulting in extensive flooding of the entire Mekong watershed…

Church World Service Emergency Response Program 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: Flooding continues throughout large sections of Southeast Asia. Church…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0186 OCHA Situation Report No. 6 Cambodia - Floods 2 October 2000 United Nations Inter-Agency Appeal for Emergency Relief and Initial Rehabilitation 1. This year's monsoon floods are recorded as the worst in Cambodia in 30 years. More than 2.2…