Informes

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - The first shipment of relief goods from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) emergency relief left Ulaanbaatar today on its way to herders affected by the dzud disaster in Uvurkhangai aimag. In response…

The Government of Japan has decided to extend through the World Food Programme (WFP) food aid totaling 2,211 million yen for internally afflicted persons in Indonesia, who are suffering from a severe food shortage caused by the effect of…

Returns: The total number of organised and spontaneous returns into East Timor from West Timor, other parts of Indonesia, Macau and Australia now stands at over 155,000 returns. On 23 March, 66 persons returned from Sydney to Dili aboard…

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan),24 March 2000 - "In a prolonged crisis, such as that in Afghanistan, we cannot delay providing rehabilitation and development assistance to those who are ready for it, " said Knut Ostby…

Education UNICEF support to education programme has been successful at getting children back into school. Latest figures show that 147,154 children are enrolled in primary school; (92 per cent of the 160,000 children enrolled in academic year 1998/9) at 686 schools. The…

A fifth of Mongolia's population, 500,000 people, face serious food shortages after more than 1.4 million livestock perished in snowstorms this winter. So far, only isolated shortages have been reported. But the loss of animals, combined with fast depletion…

I. Introduction The increased occurrence of internal displacement in recent years, along with a better knowledge of the severe plight suffered by the millions of people affected, has resulted in a growing concern within the international community. The concern is…

The telemetered seismic network around Mayon Volcano detected nine (9) low frequency and two (2) high frequency volcanic earthquakes and 14 high frequency short duration tremors during the past 24 hours. Ground deformation measurements using Electronic Distance Meter (EDM) at…

Dili, 23 March 2000 PEACEKEEPERS AND CIVPOL SEARCH FOR WEAPONS Today, UNTAET Peacekeeping troops, with support of CIVPOL officers and members of the Rapid Response Unit, conducted their first searching operation in Dili. They acted on intelligence reports that a house in central…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0064 OCHA Situation Report No. 5 Philippines - Volcanic Eruption 23 March 2000 The following is a summary of updates released by the Office of Civil Defence in Manila on 17 March and by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology…