Rapports

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0110 OCHA Situation Report No. 3 Afghanistan - Drought Strategy of the Assistance Community: The Drought in Afghanistan 1 June 2000 - 31 May 2001 1. The Office of the United Nations Coordinator for Afghanistan has prepared a "Strategy of the…

The situation Severe drought is currently affecting vast areas of South Asia, and the effects on the livelihoods of inhabitants are particularly evident in western India, southern and central Pakistan and southern Afghanistan. A Joint (Federation/National Society) Assessment Mission has recently completed…

THIS PRELIMINARY APPEAL SEEKS CHF 5,353,933 TO ASSIST 140,000 BENEFICIARIES WITH IMMEDIATE RELIEF Summary At the request of the Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia - PMI), the International Federation is appealing for cash support for the Society's…

Australia will provide $500,000 worth of aid to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, in the wake of a severe earthquake. The earthquake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, struck on Sunday night and has claimed at least 58 lives. The…

Secretariat of Japan Disaster Relief Team We would like to report that the dispatch of a medical team and provision of equipment for the relief of Indonesia from the earthquake disaster have been determined as follows. 1. Dispatch of Japan Medical…

JAKARTA An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale struck southwest Sumatra at approximately 11.30 PM last night. Reported casualties and damage so far, 58 people killed. 255 seriously injured, 256 slightly injured. Enganno Island very badly affected almost 90% of houses damaged…

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 6 June 2000 - "Afghanistan has been hit hard by every possible catastrophe in the last twenty years--war, earthquakes, displacement, border controls, sanctions, economic deterioration, increased poverty, and now the worst…

From IOM PRESS BRIEFING NOTES 6 June 2000 by Jean Philippe Chauzy, IOM Spokesperson Following UNHCR's assessment of the areas in Afghanistan not considered suitable for voluntary repatriation due to insecurity and/or drought, IOM has suspended returns to many districts in the…

Late on Sunday night, an earthquake hit the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing over 60 people and injuring many others. This is the third earthquake in Indonesia in a month, and is one of then strongest…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0111 OCHA Situation Report No. 2 Indonesia - Earthquake 6 June 2000 Situation and Damages 1. Estimates of damage caused by the strong earthquakes which hit the province of Bengkulu, southwest Sumatra, Indonesia late at night on 4 June 2000,…