Rapports

On March 10, the Japanese Government opens a liaison office in Dili, East Timor, for communication and coordination with persons and parties concerned including the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). The Japanese Government intends to extend as much…

Confronted with the impossibility of carrying out an assistance programme for the most vulnerable suffering from malnutrition, the international organisation Action Against Hunger has decided to withdraw from North Korea. This has been an extremely difficult decision to take, as Action…

SRSG returns to Dili Dili, 9 March 2000 UNTAET OFFICIALS MEET INDONESIAN FM OVER INCURSIONS The director of the UNTAET Political Affairs Division, Peter Galbraith, expressed today the great concern of the United Nations about the recent border incidents during a meeting…

Senior officials from the United Nations mission in East Timor met today with representatives of the Indonesian Government in Jakarta to discuss the recent wave of militia-led violence along the border with West Timor. Peter Galbraith, the head of the…

MANILA, March 9 (Reuters) - Philippine scientists lowered the alert around the Mayon volcano on Thursday, saying it appeared to be quietening down, but warned the danger of mudflows from its slopes remained. The vulcanology institute said it had downgraded the…

Press Release SG/SM/7327 - SC/6819 - 20000309 Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting of the Security Council on humanitarian aspects of issues before the Council, delivered on 9 March: I wish to pay tribute to…

Period covered: 1 - 7 March 2000 Thanks to a speedy response to the appeal, the Mongolian Red Cross Society can begin the purchase of 160 mts. of basic foodstuffs for 2,000 herder families and winter boots. Distribution of aid…

NAIROBI/BANGKOK, 9 March 2000 - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today expressed support for the Indonesian Government's rapid response to the forest fire emergency in Sumatra. UNEP's Asia-Pacific Regional Director Nirmal Andrews said he was concerned at the prospect…

Dans l'impossibilité de mettre en oeuvre un programme d'assistance pour les populations souffrant d'une situation alimentaire critique, Action Contre la Faim a décidé de se retirer de Corée du Nord. Cette décision fut difficile à prendre, tant nous sommes convaincus qu'une…

Supplies and Water Purification Equipment Arrived WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator J. Brady Anderson announced today the provision of $250,000 in relief supplies and water purification equipment to assist evacuees of the Mayon Volcano eruption in…