Rapports

Geneva, February 22, 2000 As Mongolians watch their herds die in freezing temperatures, the Red Cross is moving in to help. The International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent Societies today launched an appeal for 815,000 Swiss francs to assist nearly…

It takes seven hours to drive across the vast expanse of the Mongolian steppes from Ulan Bator to the central province of Dundgobi where nomadic herdsmen are caught in a bitter struggle for survival. A drought in the summer, followed…

Tajik government officials have appealed for international aid agencies not to cut relief programmes in the country at meetings with Federation Under Secretary-General, Margareta Wahlström in Dushanbe. The Under Secretary-General, in Tajikistan for a three day visit, was told that the…

Emergency rehabilitation work by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in East Timor's electricity, water and sanitation sectors, has been boosted by a US$ 2.5 million contribution from the Government of Portugal. Portuguese support announced last week, will help re-establish the…

Pledges and Contributions The government of Canada has pledged US$4,151,183 to support mine action, community development, aircraft operations, education, human rights and widow's feeding programmes in Afghanistan. Bombing in Panjshir The Secretary-General deplores the indiscriminate bombing in the Panjshir Valley, on 14…

SG/T/2218 The Secretary-General arrived in Dili from Jakarta on the morning of Thursday, 17 February. At the airport, he met jointly with his Transitional Administrator in East Timor, Sergio Vieira de Mello and independence leader Xanana Gusmao, President of…

SG/SM/7308 Following is the text of today's address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the people of Darwin, Australia: Let me say how glad I am to be in Darwin. This is my first visit to Australia. As I am…

Secretary-General Kofi Annan addressed today the people of Dili in a speech in the plaza in front of the Governor Office. According to CivPol, close to 7,000 people attended the address of the Secretary-General, who was accompanied by his Special Representative,…

SG/T/2217 The Secretary-General arrived in Jakarta from Singapore late in the morning of Tuesday, 15 February. He began his official programme in Indonesia in the early afternoon with a one-on-one meeting with Foreign Minister Alwi Shihab. In a session…

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…