Rapports

Shahr-e-rey, TEHRAN -- Valima Sharifi is a 30-year-old Afghan refugee who is a mother of two -- a boy and a girl -- and she is nine months' pregnant. She is from Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan and has…

CHACHRO May 12 (APP) - Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf has underlined the need of community participation in digging of wells for potable water for the people of Thar Desert areas. A directive in this regard was issued by…

UNITED KINGDOM - Afghan Hostage Return IOM has assisted two more ex-hostages to return home from the UK. On Wednesday, 10 May, the two Afghan males boarded a British Airways flight to Islamabad. The two men stated they wanted to…

By Merle D. Kellerhals, Jr. - Washington File Staff Writer Washington -- Appropriations committees in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have approved legislation that would lift food and medicine sanctions imposed on Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea and…

World Health Organization, Dili Office, East Timor, with the Infectious Disease Surveillance and Epidemic Preparedness Unit of the Interim Health Authority, UNTAET(23/04/2000-29/04/2000) Important points: Dramatic rise in the number of measles cases, from 21 last week to 143…

Dili, 11 May 2000 UN MILITARY OBSERVER DIES OF SUSPECTED MALARIA A UN military observer from Malaysia died in a Darwin hospital this morning after being admitted a week ago with symptoms of malaria. The final medical report on the cause…

For Immediate Release Contact: John M. Miller (718)-596-7668; john@etan.org Karen Orenstein, (202)544-6911 A delegation recently returned from a fact-finding mission to East Timorese refugee camps in West Timor found that East Timorese refugees remain under threat from militia leaders and members of the…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0092 OCHA Situation Report No. 2 Pakistan - Drought 11 May 2000 Situation and damage 1. The drought situation in Pakistan is rapidly developing into one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history. Balochistan and Sindh are the…

From WEEKLY NEWS 19/00 The International Federation is launching an appeal to assist more than 4,000 Indonesian families, seriously affected by the earthquake which hit the eastern part of Sulawesi and neighbouring islands last week. The tremor, which measured 7.3…

By Suman Bandrapalli It happens everyday, somewhere. It happened in Sierra Leone on Tuesday: Several hundred Sierra Leoneans fled their homes to neighboring Guinea to escape the internal strife that reignited last week. This latest exodus of refugees is following…