Informes

JANUARY - DECEMBER 2000 November 1999 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE CONTEXT Following the Korean War, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) rapidly recovered and evolved into an industrialised nation. There was heavy investment in industry, and the country modernised and…

GA/SHC/3546Delegates Hear of ‘Lack of Action’ on Early Warning, Conflict-Prevention Only political will and resources were missing from implementing existing standards for conflict-prevention and respect for human rights, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, told…

News Service:202/99 - AI INDEX: ASA 11/18/99 - 3 November 1999 Twenty years on from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, all states that have armed, trained and financed warring factions in Afghanistan have a special responsibility for ending the human rights…

By Dean Yates HANOI, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Vietnam's worst floods in years killed at least 100 people on Wednesday, isolating several central provinces and damaging hundreds of thousands of homes, government officials said. Hundreds of people could be dead, they said.…

Yesterday seven air sorties were conducted into East Timor. Meanwhile the Australian heavy landing ship, HMAS Tobruk and the Canadian ship, HMSC Protecteur, continue unloading at Suai and will later return to Dili. Troops from the Republic of Korea have begun…

As of November 1, 1999 the combined total of organised and spontaneous returns by air and by sea has reached 36,841 (24,168 organised and 12,673 spontaneous). A new ferry return route has opened in order to increase the overall pace…

Pour arriver à Likisia, il faut passer le long d'une côte aride. Près de la route, le spectacle est toujours le même : des maisons brûlées, et des centaines de personnes qui se réunissent sur des places de villages. Environ…

(As of 21:00 AM on 03 November 1999) 1. The Synopsis of Flood and Rain: (According to Official Reports Nos.124 PCLBTW and 125 PCLBTW issued by the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control in Hanoi on 03 November 1999),…

General: Although small-scale markets continue to re-emerge in towns and villages, the majority of commodities are from pre-consultation stocks, local farms or the TNI. Few supplies are entering the territory from West Timor, previously a major trading partner. Unemployment is…