Informes

Heavy rains in late October, affected the maturing (main) rice crop somewhat. Main rice is mainly planted around May/June for harvest in Oct/Nov. The procurement price of paddy has been increased to support local farmers who experienced difficulty due…

as of 19:00 PM on 07 November 1999(According to the situation reports No. BC/CLB, 71/CLB,11/UB,90/CLB, 44/UB, 41/UB, 26/CLB and 18/CLB issued by the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control, the Agriculture and Rural Development Service,…

In Maliana, the border crossing has been closed but the incidences of malaria are climbing. Consultations in the clinic have doubled and malaria is the principle diagnosis. In total, returnees number 43,436. Returnees arriving by boat from Atambua and Atapupu, due…

as of 19:00 PM on 06 November 1999(According to the situation reports No. 54/CLB, 70/CLB,10/UB,98/BCH, 43 UB, 09/CLB, and BCN issued by the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control, the Agriculture and Rural Development Service,…

East Timor On November 2, a military barge arrived in the Ambeno enclave town of Oekussi carrying 100 MT of rice, tarpaulins, and jerry cans. Food stocks in Oekussi are now sufficient to meet anticipated emergency relief needs for the…

By Dean Yates HANOI (Reuters) - Raging floods have killed 357 people in central coastal Vietnam, and the death toll and suffering is expected to increase with more rains forecast for the stricken region late Friday. Officials said several days of…

By Paul Tait DARWIN, Australia (Reuters) - A U.N. investigator arrived in East Timor Friday to spearhead a mission to study and document the territory's recent orgy of violence. Asma Jahanjir arrived in the capital, Dili, Friday, the first of three…

as of 05 November 1999(According to the situation reports No. 51/CLB, 69/CLB,09/UB,97/BCH, 46 UB, and 24/CLB issued by the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control, the Agriculture and Rural Development Service, and the Fishery Service…

The situation East Timor: Security - By 31/10/99, the TNI (Indonesian Military) left by sea and air their eight remaining positions in Dili, which removes the major security risk. The following routes: Liquica-Batugade-Maliana; Dili-Aileu; Aileu-Same, and Gleno-Emera have now been reclassified…

54th Session of the General Assembly, New York Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen It gives me great honor to address this body on the global crisis of internal displacement which must be of profound concern to us all. Recent developments in…