Rapports

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0053 OCHA Situation Report No. 4 Philippines - Volcanic Eruption 14 March 2000 Situation 1. Since Mt Mayon in Luzon, the Philippines, has been relatively calm recently, the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) have lowered the alert on…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0051 OCHA Situation Report No. 1 Indonesia - Forest Fires 14 March 2000 Situation 1. Ever since the start of the dry season at the end of February 2000, forest fires have been rapidly spreading out of control in Sumatra…

The worst winter weather in 30 years in Mongolia has reportedly killed several hundred thousand livestock. This is seriously threatening the livelihoods and food security of the quarter of the country's 2.7 million people who depend entirely on animal…

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…

Education UNICEF's national education database currently includes 6,404 teachers at 660 primary schools, teaching 142,149 students. The UNICEF teacher incentive (150,000 Indonesian Rupiah) for February has been paid to 4,537 teachers in eight of East Timor's 13 districts. Construction materials (timber, cement and…

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 151,483 persons. On 11 March, IOM provided secondary transportation from Dili for 185 persons to…

Jakarta (dpa) - Several days of rain on Indonesia's Sumatra island have dampened forest fires and reduced the dangerous levels of haze, but on the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo fires have brought the haze to alarming…

Indonesian President Visits East Timor In the first trip to East Timor by an Indonesian leader since the territory voted for independence, President Abdurrahmann Wahid expressed his sympathies for all the suffering the East Timorese have endured and reiterated the…

Dili, 13 March 2000 TIMORESE NGOS ATTEND NCC MEETING AS OBSERVERS As part of the National Consultative Council effort for transparency and visibility, the organized civil society will from now on be invited to the NCC meetings as observers. Today, for the…

Funding The Government of Canada, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), has pledged $CAN 300,000 to UNOCHA. The funds are earmarked for the training initiative for human rights and rights-based programming in Afghanistan. Women's Day All four UNICEF sub-offices in Afghanistan and…