Informes

JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia's neighbors on Friday sent in firefighters to train Indonesian crews battling bushfires on Sumatra island as the haze-making blazes spread. The firefighters were sent under a plan drawn up after health-threatening smoke from Indonesian fires…

ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, 10 March The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has put into operation its Fire Suppression Mobilisation measures in the districts of Riau Province, Indonesia to contain the spread of forest fires and smoke haze. These…

(Circulated only for countries where foodcrops or supply situation conditions give rise to concern) The worst winter weather in thirty years has reportedly killed several hundred thousand livestock, seriously threatening the livelihood and food security of up to a quarter…

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 150, 416 persons. On 9 March 386 persons returned to Dili from Kupang…

A/54/791- S/2000/205 GENERAL ASSEMBLY Fifty-fourth session - Agenda item 50 SECURITY COUNCIL Fifty-fifth year I. INTRODUCTION 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 31 of General Assembly resolution 54/189 A of 17 December 1999, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General…

Confronted with the impossible access to the most vulnerable groups of the North-Korean population suffering from malnutrition, Action Against Hunger has decided to stop its programs and withdraw from North Korea. Since January 1998, Action Against Hunger has provided nutritional assistance…

Dili, 10 March 2000 Weapons in ship search East Timor Border Control officers yesterday confiscated two hand grenades, three airguns and several packets of airgun pellets, one ounce of hashish and a number of bayonets from the passengers on a ship…

Written by Cynthia Long, Managing Editor, DisasterRelief.org The spring thaw is a long way off for herdsmen on the frozen steppes of Mongolia. In the next three months more blizzards are expected to choke the central part of the…

There is a continuing need to return displaced people in West Timor to their communities of origin in East Timor, in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin. The safe and orderly return transportation of displaced people is…

The Government of Japan has decided to invite influential political groups of Afghanistan from March 9 (Thu) to 19 (Sun) to Japan, with a view to promoting the realization of continuing peace in Afghanistan. Japan has supported and supplemented UN activities…