Rapports

East Timor welcomes Annan In a message of hope and encouragement, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said during his recent visit to East Timor that the country's "strength and dignity" has inspired the world to unite in support of rebuilding…

Today Australia became the first donor nation to sign an agreement with the World Bank to provide development assistance for East Timor. The signing of the $10 million agreement took place at AusAID in Canberra, between AusAID Director General,…

Dili, 28 February, 2000 President Wahid's visit President of Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid, will visit East Timor on 29 February. The visit is planned to last three hours. The presidential plane is expected to land at 12:00 noon. As he disembarks, President Wahid…

Returns: As of 28 February, 146,600 persons have returned to East Timor from West Timor, other parts of Indonesia and Australia in an organized fashion by air, land and sea. On 25 February, an IOM land convoy repatriated some…

28 February, Ulaanbaatar. A UN disaster fact-finding mission led by UNICEF Mongolia toured the disaster-stricken province of Dundgobi aimag [2nd level, provincial administrative unit] and five of its soums [3rd level, sub-division] of Saintsagaan, Luus, Delgerkhangai, Saihanovoo and Erdenedalai from…

Geneva, 28 February 2000 After some hours of silence since Sunday, another eruption occurred this afternoon (local time) and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) has stressed that the eruption may continue for two to three months as…

The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) is preparing a campaign to raise awareness among the population of the tropical viral disease, dengue, which may have killed an international UNTAET worker last week in Dili. According to UNTAET…

Manila (dpa) - Disaster relief officials said Monday the number of villagers threatened by the eruption of Mayon volcano in the eastern Philippines may further rise if continuing heavy rains trigger ash and mudflows in the area. A total of…

20000225 Francesc Vendrell, the Secretary-General's Personal Representative and head of the Special Mission to Afghanistan, briefed correspondents at Headquarters this afternoon on his recent fact-finding trip to Afghanistan and neighbouring States. Mr. Vendrell explained that, in addition to travelling to Kabul to…

by Niurka Pineiro, IOM Spokesperson Timor: Increasing tensions delay family reunion TIMOR Summary - Due to the increased tension in Atambua, the UN/IOM-facilitated family reunion at Motaain scheduled for this coming Saturday 26 February will not take place. Security concerns on the…