Rapports

From IFRC Weekly News 08/00 With the worst winter snow and frost in 30 years and freezing temperatures of below - 45=B0C leading to a catastrophic loss of livestock in Mongolia, the International Federation has launched an appeal for 815,200…

Geneva, 24 February 2000 During the summer of 1999 the Taliban started a major offensive with 100,000 troops in Kabul, Takhar, Kapisa, Parwan, Samangan, Kunduz, Panjshir Valley and Hazarajat provinces. The summer offence caused tremendous suffering for the…

East Timorese refugees are holding a protest at Sydney's East Hills safe haven because they do not want to return home. The group of around 250 people say some people are sick and conditions are still too poor in…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0026 Mongolia - Snowstorms OCHA Situation Report No. 4 23 February 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…

Nearly five months after an estimated 250,000 East Timorese fled, or were forcibly moved, to West Timor and other parts of Indonesia, Refugees International remains deeply concerned about their plight, especially the plight of those outside West Timor, and…

The International Force in East Timor (INTERFET) today officially transferred its military command of the territory to the United Nations, after which the Australia-led multinational force legally ceased to exist. At the handover ceremony in Dili, Sergio Vieira de Mello, the…

ROME -- The United Nations World Food Programme today sent 13 tons of food across Afghanistan front lines to stave off a severe food crisis for tens of thousands of people stranded in the remote and embattled Panjshir Valley. The…

Since militias backed by the Indonesian armed forces wreaked havoc upon East Timor (now being referred to as Timor Larosae) following an overwhelming vote in favor of independence from Indonesia, hundreds of thousands of East Timorese seek to rebuild…

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

DILI, February 22, 2000 -World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn completed his first visit to East Timor yesterday and signed a grant agreement to support community based reconstruction with Sergio Vieira de Mello, Special Representative to the Secretary General of…