Rapports

Dili, 24 April 2000 SRSG IN MALAYSIA TOMORROW On his trip to the Asean countries, the Transitional Administrator, Sergio Vieira de Mello, is flying to Malaysia tomorrow, where he will meet on Wednesday the Malaysian Prime Minister, the Minister of…

Marking six months since its establishment, the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) said today that the mission had accomplished significant progress under difficult circumstances. Speaking to the press in the territory's capital, Dili, Fabrizio Hochschild, Special Assistant to…

KABUL, April 22 (Reuters) - The warring sides in Afghanistan on Saturday appealed for international aid to save lives in three drought-hit southern provinces and a locust attack in a northern province. The ruling Taleban movement said thousands of people in…

This report includes: A) Horn of Africa drought: Ethiopia B) Afghanistan C) East Timor D) North Caucasus. From Francesco Strippoli, Senior Humanitarian Advisor. Available on the Internet on the WFP Home Page at http://www.wfp.org/ or by e-mail from Natasha.Nadazdin@wfp.org . For…

Sir--For the past three years, there has been an unprecedented international aid effort in North Korea. The severe economic crisis together with floods and drought has resulted in an urgent need of food and medical assistance. The government of…

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 21 April 2000-- Kabul authorities have given a verbal agreement to UNICEF that they will respect a cease-fire for the 1-3 May round of polio immunisation. Northern Alliance authorities in…

Cynthia Long, Managing Editor, DisasterRelief.org Ahtar Abbasi, a nomad in Pakistan's remote, barren drylands, has lost more than half of his small herd of livestock in the past three months. He and his clan live in the mountains of…

Loss of livestock as of 21 April, 2000 in thousands

Background In January 1999 inter-communal violence broke out in Ambon, South Maluku Province. Since then, the violence has spread throughout the islands of the Moluccas, killing hundreds, displacing hundreds of thousands and causing widespread destruction. Order has not yet been restored…

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - DILI OFFICE, EAST TIMOR Infectious Disease Surveillance and Epidemic Preparedness(02/04/2000-08/04/2000) Important points: One report of dengue haemorrhagic fever from Dili. Some cases of measles and jaundice. Six deaths: three from lower repsiratory tract infection,…