Informes

General: Senior UNTAET staff including the Secretary-General's Special Representative and UNTAET Administrator, Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, and the Director of the UNTAET Humanitarian Pillar, Mr. Cecilio Adona, are arriving in Tokyo following meetings in Jakarta with the President of…

Highlights Lack of heating affects many in DPRK Oxfam withdraws from the DPRK Discussions resumed on Nutrition Survey Inter-Agency Consolidated Appeal 2000 launched UNICEF conducts Mid-Term Review High-level Japanese delegation visits DPRK Situation Update The onset of winter is harsh for many in DPRK,…

There is an urgent need to return East Timorese displaced from West Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia to their communities of origin in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin as quickly as possible. The safe and orderly…

Just one month after Vietnam's worst flooding of the century, the central provinces are under water again. More than 1 million homes have been destroyed since October. Heavy rains last week caused flash floods in mountainous areas and rivers in…

World Health Organization/UNICEF Surveillance Disease surveillance data have been forwarded to UN agencies by Kupang Provincial Health Office and Christian Children's Fund. The Kupang Provincial Health Office provided death and case mix data from four camps of TTU district during Dec…

Médecins Sans Frontières issues the "Top Ten" list of the year's most under-reported humanitarian stories. This second annual listing emphasizes forgotten wars in Angola, Burundi and Sri Lanka. New York, N.Y., December 15, 1999 - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today issued…

DA NANG, VIETNAM-Following the second series of floods that struck central Vietnam last week, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) today began distributing the first of two phases of relief supplies to those affected. "In mid-November when ADRA Vietnam visited…

East Timor will need up to $300 million over the next three years to rebuild itself, according to the estimates released by the World Bank on the eve of a fundraising conference in Tokyo aimed to raise funds for…

Highlights of the Noon Briefing By Fred Eckhard Spokesman for the Secretary-General UN Headquarters, New York Sergio Vieira de Mello, head of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), is on his way to Tokyo, Japan, where tomorrow night, he…

(New York, December 15) -- In a new report released today, Human Rights Watch called for urgent efforts to separate militia members from civilian East Timorese in refugee camps in Indonesia. The refugees should also be allowed to choose…