Rapports

From IOM PRESS BRIEFING NOTES 6 June 2000 by Jean Philippe Chauzy, IOM Spokesperson Returns from West Timor continue to be very slow. Over the last three days, IOM has transported 98 people across the border from Atambua, Betun and Kefa…

Christian Humanitarian Agency Awaiting Word on Fate Several Hundred Sponsored Children JAKARTA - World Vision, the world's largest Christian humanitarian organization, will provide food, clean water and other emergency assistance to people injured or left homeless by a powerful earthquake…

By Dean Yates JAKARTA, June 5 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake and numerous aftershocks rocked the Indonesian island of Sumatra overnight, killing 58 people, injuring hundreds and causing widespread panic, officials and local media said on Monday. Police in Bengkulu province…

Berne, le 5 juin 2000 COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE Les victimes du grave tremblement de terre survenu dans le Sud-Ouest de l'île indonésienne de Sumatra (Province de Bengkulu) recevront également des secours de la Suisse. La Direction du développement et de la…

Reviewing Options and Looking for Ways to Assist A powerful earthquake with numerous aftershocks struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra last night. With relief workers in Indonesia, Mercy Corps is reviewing options and looking for ways to assist. The earthquake killed…

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE SITUATION: At least 58 people are reported dead and at least 500 injured -- more than half seriously -- from a Sunday (June 4) earthquake on the western Indonesian island of Sumatra. The death toll…

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Coordinator for Afghanistan), 5 June 2000 -- To observe Environment Day in Afghanistan, children in Mazar-e-Sharif and Kabul City are planting kenaf seeds made available through a joint effort of the United Nations system…

From RFE/RL Iran Report Volume 3 , Number 22 The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on 23 May that some 18,000 Afghan refugees have returned home from Iran over the past six weeks under a joint Iranian-United Nations program.…

Secretariat of Japan Disaster Relief Team, JICA The Japanese Government decided to dispatch a fact-finding team composed of 4 members to see the needs of emergency relief for the earthquake that took place in Indonesia on 4th June. The team includes…

Ref. OCHA/GVA - 2000/0108 OCHA Situation Report No. 1 Indonesia - Earthquake 5 June 2000 Situation and Damages 1. Several strong earthquakes have struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra since Sunday night. According to the Indonesian Geophysical and Meteorological Agency, the strongest of…