Rapports

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0038 OCHA Situation Report No. 5 Mongolia - Snowstorms 2 March 2000 The Government of Mongolia requests International Assistance for Herders overwhelmed by devastating Snowstorms Background 1. A swathe of land stretching across a northwest to southeasterly strip of land in…

From WEEKLY NEWS 09/00 More than 50,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes in Albay Province in the Philippines after Mount Mayon began erupting on 24 February. The volcano has erupted more than 20 times since and the authorities…

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan today briefed the Security Council on his recent trip to East Timor, stressing the need for patience in assessing reconstruction progress and urging it not to establish "arbitrary deadlines" for the UN to fulfill its…

Relations between East Timor and Indonesia were given new impetus Tuesday after the Indonesian delegation headed by President Abdurrahman Wahid signed a joint communique with the United Nations mission to permit passage of people and goods between East Timor…

After a series of powerful explosions on 28 February, Mayon volcano in the Philippines became even more vigorous on 29 February, producing explosions which were described as stronger than the 1993 eruption (that event had killed some 70-80 people).…

By Enrique de Castro LEGAZPI, Philippines, March 1 (Reuters) - A deadly Philippine volcano erupted again on Wednesday after nearly a day of quiet, spitting out flaming boulders as big as houses in an awesome display of its power. Aside…

Experiences of ACF in Kabul city Claudine Prudhon is the head of the nutrition department in ACF HQ. Claudine is interested in improving the nutritional management of the under six month infants. The survey she writes about…

DILI -- On the final day of his five day mission to East Timor, from 26 February to 1 March, the Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons, Dr. Francis Deng, took the opportunity to share…

Johannesburg, South Africa. March 1 2000 International aid workers have always risked their personal safety, but they are increasingly becoming targets of criminal bandits and cold-blooded terrorism. CATHERINE BERTINI reports Humanitarian workers in the fields of war and natural disasters live by…

ISLAMABAD, 1 March (IRIN) - The Pakistani government and the United Nations are at an impasse over the plight of newly-arrived Afghan refugees. Since September, some 170,000 Afghans have arrived in Pakistan seeking refuge from drought, war or a combination…