Informes

At 0746 H, a parallel collapse of the new lava flow deposit in the upper middle slopes produced a voluminous secondary pyroclastic flow. The billowing ash cloud descended the Bonga Gully to the southeast. During the rest of the past…

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…

by Jean-Philippe Chauzy, IOM Spokesperson Zambia: Relocation of Angolan refugees In the past six days, IOM has transported some 1,200 of the 10,000 Angolan refugees currently at the Zambian border (IOM officers estimate there are some 7,200 persons at Sinjembela…

An envoy of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will be an observer at Afghanistan peace talks scheduled to open Tuesday in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, a spokesman for Mr. Annan said today. The spokesman said that the Secretary-General's Personal Representative for…

The worst snowstorms in 30 years are causing catastrophic livestock losses in Mongolia this winter. With temperatures of - 45=B0C at least 850,000 cattle, sheep, horses and goats are estimated to have already died in 12 of the country's 21…

Security: A series of security incidents occurring over the past two weeks along the border with West Timor have prompted the Peacekeeping Force (PKF) to upgrade their security alert from medium to high. The last incident occurred on 5…

As of 1 March, some 149,055 people had returned to East Timor from West Timor, other parts of Indonesia and Australia in organised air, land and sea movements, according to the International Organisation of Migration (IOM). Hundreds of thousands…

LEGAZPI, Philippines, March 6 (Reuters) Thousands of Philippine villagers ignored the danger of eruptions and made their way back to their homes under the deadly Mayon volcano on Monday, the fifth straight day of calm from the mountain crater. But…

The Disaster Mayon Volcano, in Lagaspi province, at the south eastern tip of the main island of Luzon, has been spewing ash and lava since mid February. It erupted violently on 24 February, throwing out tons of ash and hot…

News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International News Service 043/00 AI INDEX: ASA 21/16/00 6 March 2000 Indonesia Human rights defenders are being forced into hiding and prevented from carrying out their work as the Indonesian security forces step up…