Informes

The Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is donating $500,000 for emergency drought relief for the people of Afghanistan in response to the interim United Nations appeal, State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher announced…

83 DEAD IN WEST TIMOR, MOST REFUGEES Dili, 19 May 2000 Eighty-three people are confirmed dead, after intense flooding in Betun region, Belu district, in south-eastern West Timor. Of the victims, the majority were East Timorese refugees, mostly women and children.…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0097Indonesia - Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 319 May 2000 Situation and damage 1. A succession of strong earthquakes shook the eastern part of the Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi on 14 and 15 May. This…

From PRESS BRIEFING NOTES by Niurka Piñeiro, IOM Spokesperson Since the IOM/UNHCR operation began on 9 April, IOM has helped 17,086 Afghan refugees to return to Afghanistan. On Thursday, 18 May, IOM transported 1,586 persons from Islam Qala to Herat. On…

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Police gunned down eight men in Indonesia's western province of Aceh while mobs torched a Catholic church in the Moluccas at the other end of the vast archipelago, residents and police said. Aceh residents said police wrongly…

World Health Organization, Dili Office, East Timor, with the Infectious Disease Surveillance and Epidemic Preparedness Unit of the Interim Health Authority, UNTAET(30/04/2000-06/05/2000) Important points: Measles cases fell from 143 last week to 5 this week, making it unlikely…

This will be the final USAID/OFDA Fact Sheet for the East Timor crisis. East Timor Overview The international relief community mobilized to provide assistance in East Timor as the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET) troops entered Dili and spread across the…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0095 OCHA Situation Report No. 1 Indonesia - Floods 18 May 2000 Situation and Damage 1. Flash floods, caused by heavy rain over the last 3 days, have drenched the southern part of Belu district in West Timor, Indonesia. The…

Special Issue on the Situation in Central Region Back in March, Weekly Update 253 highlighted the new population survey of Kabul City. The survey found a significant in-crease in the total population of the city, previously estimated at some 1.2 million…

The Chairman of the Afghanistan Support Group, after consultations with the Group, expresses alarm at reports that the warring parties in Afghanistan are once again making preparations for another round of fighting which is likely to lead to further…