Informes

This report includes: A) Angola B) Liberia C) East Africa - Tanzania and Burundi D) Democratic People's Republic of Korea E) Afghanistan. From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical Support Service. Available on the WFP Home Page at http://www.wfp.org/ or by…

Prepared by: UNDP/MARD - DISASTER MANAGEMENT UNIT, VIE/97/002 1. Summary of Current Disaster Conditions in Vietnam 1. Flood Damage Potential: HIGH 2. Situation Analysis of Floods on Rivers in the North, the Centre, and the South of Viet Nam: (According…

Press Release AFG/102 - PI/1163 - 19990813 Islamabad, 13 August (UN Information Centre) -- The Spokesman for the United Nations in Afghanistan, Stephanie Bunker, announced today at the regular United Nations Information Centre briefing that more information about the situation…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 99/0112 Vietnam - Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 2 13 August 1999 General Situation 1. On 12 August 1999, the Disaster Management Unit (DMU) of the Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator provided an overview about the general…

The Disaster The intense downpour and strong winds in Kaesong which started on 25 July and lasted until 5 August left 42 dead and 94 injured and caused damage double that of the 1995 floods. The disaster…

Introduction and purpose 1. East Timor is likely to be the first new state of the 21 st century. On August 30 th 1999, with a turnout of 98%, 78.5% of the registered electorate voted for a transition to…

1. IN BRIEF ANGOLA: HUMANITARIAN GROUPS CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION Sixty humanitarian organisations in Angola have called for an "internal mediation commission" to broker an end to the civil war between government forces and UNITA rebels, media reports said on Thursday 5…

The Disaster Continuous monsoon rains since late July 1999, which meteorologists say are the heaviest in three decades, caused floods that seriously affected the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. Additionally, DPR Korea, China, and the Republic of Korea have experienced extensive…

In response to the escalating violence in East Timor, which has forced an estimated 40,000 to 85,000 East Timorese from their homes, the U.S. Committee for Refugees recently wrote to the Indonesian government, urging them to disband and disarm…

Prepared by: UNDP/MARD - DISASTER MANAGEMENT UNIT, VIE/97/002 1. Summary of Current Disaster Conditions in Vietnam 1. Flood Damage Potential: HIGH 2. Situation Analysis of Floods on Rivers in the North, the Centre, and the South of Viet Nam: (According to Bulletin…