Informes

From ICRC NEWS 20 Last week, staff from the ICRC and the Indonesian Red Cross Society distributed non-food relief items to 8,000 people who had fled their homes owing to violence between Christian and Muslim communities in the southern part…

FALINTIL DISSIDENTS PROTEST REORGANIZATION Dili, 31 May 2000 Yesterday morning, 30 May, the Peacekeeping Force set up road blocks north and south of the Aileu cantonment after a group loyal to Falintil commander Eli Seti refused to obey an order…

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Response Office of Transition Initiatives Country Situation Although Dili's economy continues to normalize, unemployment nationwide remains a major concern. The situation over the next three months should improve as infrastucture is rebuilt, donors…

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Response Office of Transition Initiatives Country Situation Indonesia continues to be rocked by corruption revelations, which for the first time have implicated President Wahid. There were a series of large transfers…

At a meeting convened at the UN House in Islamabad on 26 May to update donors on the development of the drought in the provinces of Sindh and Baluchistan, UN Resident Coordinator Onder Yucer reiterated his confidence in the…

Appeal Target: US$ 52,327 Geneva, May 30, 2000 Dear Colleagues, An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia's eastern Central Sulawesi province at midday on May 4. The earthquake was followed by a 5-meter high tsunami (tidal wave) which submerged…

World Health Organization, Dili Office, East Timor, in collaboration with the Infectious Disease Surveillance and Epidemic Preparedness Unit of the Interim Health Authority, UNTAET(07/05/2000-13/05/2000) Important points: Two cases of clinically suspected Japanese encephalitis in Viqueque. Four cases…

Health: UNICEF has recruited and trained 11 doctors and 24 nurses for health posts in the border districts of Belu and Timor Tengah Utara. UNICEF has provided medical supplies including infant-delivery kits, essential drugs (such as antibiotics for pneumonia), examination…

Introduction 1. Objectives - It is the first research of its kind, to conduct the perspectives on the unification across the peninsula since the fifty five years of division. - The Korean peninsula is the last surviving remains of the Cold war…

The UN System for Pakistan and Afghanistan organized a joint briefing on Drought on 26th May 2000. The briefing was well attended by representatives of Resident missions, donors, NGOs and UN agencies. The briefing provided an…