Informes

Appeal no. 18/99 (operation extended to 12 April 2000) Period covered: 11 November 1999 - 23 March 2000 More than 12,000 household kits have been distributed in the flood affected provinces, and disaster preparedness training has been introduced or developed in…

0700H During the past observation period, a still high level of seismicity prevailed over Mayon Volcano as forty (40) low frequency and three (3) high frequency volcanic earthquakes and four (4) episodes of high frequency tremors were recorded by the…

Vanessa van Schoor is an Information Officer with Médecins Sans Frontières who has witnessed the resilience of refugees returning to East Timor, where the long process of rehabilitation has only just begun Three hours after my arrival in East Timor, MSF…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The objective of this report is to provide a basis to assist the Mongolian Government in its efforts to provide emergency relief assistance to the areas most severely affected by the disaster, or "multiple dzud", caused as…

0700H Thirty-six (36) low frequency and two (2) high frequency volcanic earthquakes and three (3) episodes of high frequency short duration harmonic tremors were detected by Mayon Volcano telemetered seismic network during the past 24 hours. Ground deformation and Sulfur Dioxide…

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Response Office of Transition Initiatives Country Situation Although the security environment in East Timor as a whole remains stable, there have been a number of incidents in the border area of East…

Latest events According to the State Emergency Committee by 15 March, the disaster had spread to over 152 Soums (counties) in 13 Aimags. Severe snowfalls in large areas of Mongolia have caused the death of 1,7 million…

This winter has been a difficult period for the people in DPRK. Besides a cold winter, the energy problems have contributed to vast problems in the health services. Frequent and long electricity cuts, as well as voltage fluctuations, have…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today announced that the Indonesian government has given East Timorese refugees in West Timor more time to decide whether to remain in Indonesia or repatriate to East Timor. In an indication from…

Introduction Context - SMU This study was done as the first of the studies to be undertaken as part of the Strategic Monitoring Unit (SMU) initiative. The suggestion of a SMU was one of a number of ideas that arose from…