Rapports

Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Medical Team 1) Team Inauguration Ceremony An inauguration ceremony was held for the JDR Medical Team at 9:30 a.m., June 7, in a room within Narita International Airport's Terminal 2. Following an opening message from JICA Vice…

(U.S. to ease sanctions beginning June 19, 2000) The United States will begin easing sanctions against North Korea beginning June 19, 2000, the State Department announced. In a statement released June 19, State's Office of the Spokesman said the decision to…

Dili, 19 June 2000 FIRST FOREIGNER ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES An Australian construction worker suspected of possessing and dealing drugs was arrested last Saturday, 17 June, in Dili. He is the first foreigner to be arrested in East Timor. The arrest followed…

Beth Watts Afghanaid is building bridges in Afghanistan - as well as roads, village organisations and a healthy beekeeping industry, reports AlertNet's Beth Watts. Founded in 1983 to provide assistance for Afghans in hardship and distress, the organisation focuses predominately on development…

An outbreak of acute haemorrhagic fever syndrome has been reported from an isolated village in Gulran district, Afghanistan. Disease symptoms are compatible with Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF). An international team, coordinated by WHO, arrived in the affected area on 16…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0119OCHA Situation Report No. 6 Indonesia - Earthquake 19 June 2000 The present report is a summary of a mission report prepared by the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team deployed to Indonesia from…

It does not really make any difference whether you are soaking wet from perspiring in the extreme heat on a Saturday or from the drizzling rain on a Sunday, and it does not really matter that you work from…

OVERVIEW Following severe drought in Baluchistan, an FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission supported by UNDP visited the province in May to estimate the extent of the problem, the repercussions on food production and supply and the need for…

BACKGROUNDNature of disaster On 4/5/6 of June 2000 a series of earthquakes struck the area south west of Sumatra in Indonesia. The epicentres were located about 100 km west of Sumatra with the highest recorded magnitude at…

MOSCOW (June 14) XINHUA - The presidents of four Central Asian countries on Wednesday urged the international community to take steps to settle the conflict in neighboring Afghanistan. The leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan made the appeal at…