Rapports

By Merle D. Kellerhals, Jr. Washington File Staff Writer Washington -- A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee has approved legislation that includes a provision to lift food and medicine sanctions currently imposed on Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea and Sudan. The sanctions…

By Oxfam Hong Kong Community Aid Abroad Oxfam Great Britain 3 April 2000 to 20 April 2000 Acknowledgements Oxfam would like to acknowledge the support of the Poverty Alleviation Program Office in Ulaan Bataan, Mongolia, in hosting the emergency assessment mission…

The United Nations office for Afghanistan today announced that the annual May ceasefire for polio immunization was respected by both sides in the conflict, allowing a record number of children to be vaccinated. According to Louis-George Arsenault, Country Representative for UNICEF…

Dili, 5 May 2000 BOAT WITH 28 PEOPLE IS MISSING A boat carrying 25 passengers and three crewmembers, sailing from Atauro island to Dili, went missing last week. Search missions have yet to locate the 28 East Timorese. The boat…

Representatives James McGovern (Democrat of Massachusetts) and Chris Smith (Republican of New Jersey) introduced May 3 H.R. 4357, a bill that would forbid U.S. military cooperation with the Indonesian military while East Timorese continue to be hindered from returning to…

JAKARTA (Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed by a powerful earthquake that rocked Indonesia's eastern islands and triggered a tsunami, a local military official said on Friday. ''The total death toll so far is 15,'' Lieutenant-Colonel Agus…

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 5 May, 2000): "Achieving a cease-fire for National Immunisation Days against polio in Afghanistan was not easy, but it worked," said Dr. Mohammad Jama, Country Representative for the World Health Organisation…

Ref. OCHA/GVA - 2000/0089 Indonesia - Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 1 05 May 2000 1. A strong earthquake hit the eastern part of Sulawesi island and neighbouring small islands in Indonesia on 4 May 2000. According to the United States Geological…

Returns: The total number of organised and spontaneous returns into East Timor from West Timor, other parts of Indonesia, Macau and Australia now stands at over 160,800 returns. On 3 May IOM provided secondary transportation for 17 persons to Viqueque,…

On Thursday, 4 May, IOM transported 1,142 persons to the Afghan border - 673 persons were transported on board 18 IOM buses and six trucks from the Repatriation Centre in Mashhad. Another group of 469 was transported form the…