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SENATOR THE HON KAY PATTERSON "Australia will send urgent assistance to Mongolia to counter the onset of widespread food shortages after Mongolia experienced one of its harshest winters in recent history," Senator Patterson announced today. "The International Federation of the Red Cross…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0079 OCHA Situation Report No. 8 Mongolia - Snowstorms 14 April 2000 International Assistance for Mongolia Winter "Dzud" Disaster is crucial Situation and Damage 1. Mongolian herders are experiencing their worst winter for 30 years. This is the consequence of…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that an increasing number of Afghan refugees are returning home from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan. In one of the single largest returns this year, on 13 April 1,350 refugees repatriated from…

(2000-16) News Release April 14, 2000 Dili, East Timor - Raymond Chan, Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific), today announced that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will contribute $1.9 million to the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). Mr. Chan…

News Release No: 2000/299/EAP DILI, East Timor, April 14, 2000 -- Representatives of donor agencies and governments gathered in Bazartete, Liquica, outside Dili, yesterday to mark the first disbursement of funds for the Trust Fund for East Timor's (TFET) Community…

14 April -- The head of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) met over the past week with officials of the governments of China and Japan to discuss their assistance in rebuilding efforts, a spokesman for…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Quoted text from this briefing note may be attributed to the UNHCR spokesperson named below Kris Janowski 1. Iran/Afghanistan The return…

There is a continuing need to return displaced people in West Timor to their communities of origin in East Timor, in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin. The safe and orderly return transportation of displaced people is…

From IOM PRESS BRIEFING NOTES 14 April 2000 by Jean-Philippe Chauzy, IOM Spokesperson In the past week, IOM has assisted some 1,200 Afghan refugees returning home from Iran. This UNHCR-IOM operation aims to transport some 100,000 Afghan refugees currently in Iran.…

period covered: 1 - 29 February The Afghan Red Crescent Society's health clinics recorded 129,000 health services provided during January, while training of volunteers in first aid has so far reached 7% of the year's target. Training of Traditional Birth…