Informes

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0129 OCHA Situation Report No. 2 Philippines - Tropical Depressions, Typhoons, Floods and Landslides 11 July 2000 Situation The Philippines experienced an accumulation of disasters from the 4 to the 10 July 2000. In conjunction with yearly southwest monsoon, two…

Written by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports Weighed down by the heavy rains of two typhoons that hit the Philippines last week, a monstrous mountain of garbage collapsed Monday on a cluster of shanties outside Manila. As…

JAKARTA (July 10) XINHUA - More than 500,000 houses have been destroyed in Indonesia due to riots and natural disasters over the past three months, according to Minister of Housing and Regional Development Erna Witoelar. "During the last three months,…

2000-07-10 06:40:41 GMT (Reuters) JAKARTA, July 10 (Reuters) - Snipers are terrorising passengers in boats off Ambon, the capital of Indonesia's ravaged spice islands, although an uneasy calm has returned elsewhere in the islands, a police spokesman and residents said…

Brussels, 10.7.2000 - On Monday, the Society for Threatened Peoples (Gesellschaft f=FCr bedrohte Völker/GfbV) and the South Moluccan community from the Netherlands organized a demonstration in Brussels as an urgent appeal to the European Union (EU) foreign ministers meeting to…

Over the past week, tropical Depression Edeng, in conjunction with the south west monsoon, has brought heavy rains over the entire area of Luzon and the Visayas in the Philippines causing flooding, landslides and making roads and bridges impassable…

Press Release - SG/SM/7487 - AFG/116 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General was dismayed to learn of the latest resurgence of fighting in Afghanistan, at a time when the…

Dili, 10 July 2000 EAST TIMORESE ATHLETES TRAVEL TO AUSTRALIA Ten East Timorese athletes will travel to Darwin, Australia, on Wednesday, 12 July, to undergo the training and selection process for the Sydney Olympic Games. Their departure was originally scheduled for…

26 June - 9 July 2000 Vol. I, No. 10 UNTAET seeks a additional U US$16 m million for East Timor At the conclusion of a two-day conference in Lisbon, Portugal, where donor nations reviewed progress in East Timor over the…

UNHCR SUB-OFFICE KANDAHAR AFGHANISTANREPORT OF UNHCR AND MCI JOINT MISSION TO HELMAND FROM 3rd - 7th JULY 2000 ON A. Objectives of Mission 1. Assess the effect of drought on returnees’ and other local residents. 2. To monitor the…