Informes

The Disaster A strong earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter Scale (according to the US Geological Survey) hit the remote Indonesian island of Mangole on Sunday 29 November. Initial reports received through the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) indicate that the two…

This report includes: A) Indonesia B) FR Yugoslavia and region: Kosovo crisis C) Sierra Leone D) Guinea Bissau E) Central and East Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Tanzania. From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical Support Service. Available on…

JAKARTA (October 8, 1998) - Visiting President of World Vision International Dean Hirsch said here today that the global humanitarian organization is deeply committed to help ease the suffering of the poor in Indonesia during this time of crisis. The organization…

The UN World Food Programme received a shipment of 45,000 metric tons of Australian wheat today in the first step of a major humanitarian relief operation aimed at feeding 5.3 million Indonesians hard hit by drought and economic crisis. Under…

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) launched a $90 million emergency aid programme on Thursday to feed 5.3 million victims of the devastating economic crisis and severe drought in Indonesia. "The World Food Programme has returned to Indonesia to assist…

UNICEF said today that multiple threats to the health, well-being and basic education of Indonesia's children constitute nothing short of an international emergency. Increased humanitarian aid is urgently needed to meet worsening economic and social conditions in the world's fourth-largest…

El Niño Drought Crisis ASID81 ACT Network Appeal Target: US$ 367,057 Indonesia’s recent history has been troubled by a combination of drought caused by El Niño, forest fires, ethnic strife and a political and monetary crisis which has…

(98-60) News Release August 12, 1998 Ottawa -- The Honourable Diane Marleau, Minister for International Cooperation and Minister responsible for La Francophonie, announced today that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will provide $16.4 million in assistance for people facing serious food…

Forest Fires Emergency in Indonesia: Positive Response from the International Community The United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP) will tell environment ministers attending the 5th Association of South East Asean Nations (ASEAN) Ministers Meeting on Haze, today in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that the…

Indonesia stares into the future with apprehension, fearing that inundation will scourge plantations and mines later this year at the whim of the La Nina weather event. "The government should be wary from now. La Nina is already coming, but…