Informes

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…

A/54/654I. Introduction 1. In 1982, by its resolution 37/30 of 23 November 1982, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General "to initiate consultations with all parties directly concerned, with a view to exploring avenues for achieving a comprehensive…

Ref: GVA/99/0252 Philippines Earthquake OCHA Situation report No. 1 12 December 1999 1. A strong earthquake hit Luzon, the largest island of the Philippines, on Sunday, 12 December 1999, at 02:03 hrs local time (Saturday, 11 December 1999, 18:03 hrs GMT). According to…

as of 16:00 on 10 December 1999 According to the official report by the CCFSC to DMU on 11 December 1999 Category Description Unit TT- Hue Quang Nam Quang Ngai Binh Dinh Phu Yen Khanh Hoa Total Report No. 6-BC /UB 56/UB 30/CLB 22/CLB 17/CLB Date of Report 08 Dec 99 08 Dec 99 36,503 05 Dec 99 07 Dec…

ISLAMABAD (Dec. 11) XINHUA - Pakistan Saturday said it shared the concern expressed by the World Food Program (WFP) regarding the severe food shortage in Afghanistan and urged the world community to take notice of the grave situation. "Despite its…

By Joanne Collins KUPANG, Indonesia, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Pro-Jakarta militiamen armed with pistols and clubs threatened U.N. aid officials in Indonesian West Timor on Friday, preventing them from entering camps for East Timorese refugees. "This is the fifth time we…

Appeal no. 32/99 - Period covered: 26 November 7 December Budget revision After floods in early November in seven central provinces of Vietnam, further serious flooding occurred last week, adding another half a million people to the numbers affected. The new floods…

Otawa -- Maria Minna, Canada's Minister for International Cooperation, today announced $200,000 for the Canadian Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI) to provide shelter for more than 400 families affected by the floods in Vietnam. This brings the Canadian…

Fresh rains are expected to hit parts of central coastal Vietnam compounding despair across a region struggling to recover from two devastating floods in one month. Floodwaters have been receding across the region, which stretches 650 kilometres and is home…

On 9 December 1999, Switzerland accepted to take over the chairmanship of the "Afghanistan Support Group" (ASG) from Canada. The ASG is a group of countries which work together to provide international support for Afghanistan. The Swiss Agency for Development…