Rapports

From IOM PRESS BRIEFING NOTES 27 June 2000 by Niurka Piñeiro, IOM Spokesperson The UNHCR/IOM joint repatriation programme of Afghan refugees from Iran to Afghanistan continues to areas outside the worst drought-affected provinces of Kandahar, Helmand, Farah and Nimroz. In these provinces,…

Prosecutors from East Timor's three main districts today transferred their criminal files concerning investigations into "serious crimes" to the United Nations operation in that country, according to a statement released in the capital Dili. In the statement, the UN Transitional…

WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday urged the government of Indonesia to stop violence between Moslems and Christians in the Moluccas -- the fabled spice islands -- saying the security forces were either unable or…

Secretariat of Japan Disaster Relief Team The following is a report on the shipment of emergency equipment in response to drought conditions in Pakistan (approved on Wednesday, June 21). The supplies from the JICA warehouse in the United Kingdom (44 12-man tents,…

Infectious Disease Surveillance and Epidemic Preparedness Unit, World Health Organization, Dili, East Timor, in collaboration with the Interim Health Authority, UNTAET (04/06/2000-10/06/2000) Important points: A preliminary report of two cases of acute flaccid paralysis from the Ermera district. Final results from the…

Funding To date, a total of US$85.8 million has been pledged/contributed to Afghanistan in 2000, out of which US$78.6 million is in response to the Appeal, representing 36% of the total (US$220.8 million) funds requested in the 2000 Appeal. Health Measles outbreak in…

By Tomi Soetjipto JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia has declared a civil emergency in the Moluccas, its fabled spice islands, following six days of clashes between Muslims and Christians, the national police chief said Monday. ''The civil emergency (in Moluccas) took effect…

By Terry Friel JAKARTA, June 26 (Reuters) - Eighteen months of brutal religious war have destroyed Indonesia's spice islands but such is the turmoil in the rest of the sprawling country that it is almost a side issue. The economy has…

Dili, 26 June 2000 FILES ON SERIOUS CRIMES HANDED OVER TO UNTAET The District Prosecutors for Dili, Baucau and Oecussi handed over the criminal files concerning investigations into so-called serious crimes to UNTAET's Department of Judicial Affairs today, in a ceremony in…

Period covered: 20 May - 1 September, 1999A violent cyclone on 20 May, 1999 affected over 600,000 people living along the Eastern coast line of Sindh Province. Over 82,000 houses were destroyed and nearly 68,000 were…