Rapports

Catholic Relief Services has committed $45,000 to the relief efforts in Vietnam following heavy floods in the country's central provinces earlier this month. This is the worst flooding to hit the country the century. "Conditions remain difficult for victims," explained Chris…

Catholic Relief Services continues to assist thousands of people in East Timor and Indonesia. Although this situation is calming, there are still many needs. East Timor: To date, Catholic Relief Services, in coordination with Caritas Australia and Caritas East Timor, has…

Militia elements continue to prevent the repatriation to East Timor of as many as 140,000 refugees, who are virtually held hostage in West Timor. Since early November, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported several dozen…

An humanitarian convoy travelled from Kabul across the front lines to deliver some 70 tonnes of aid to 65,000 displaced persons in the Panjshir Valley, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan reported today. The…

A UN report last week accusing Afghanistan of using soldiers under 14 is sparking a firestorm. Scott Peterson, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - The Islamic Taliban fighters are easy to spot: They wear dark turbans, grow…

Australia's Department of Immigration will consider removing privileges from the remaining East Timorese refugees at Leeuwin Barracks in the West Australian city of Fremantle. 140 refugees have refused to board a charter flight to Sydney, saying they want to stay…

General: With militia-initiated incidents now unlikely in Dili, the threat to security in the city has been reduced from medium to low. Beginning 3 December, Indonesian authorities have refused to allow UNTAET military liaison officers to operate across the border…

AT A GLANCE Medical team deploys in a West Timor refugee camp to check reports of an upsurge of illnesses resulting in deaths mainly among children in the midst of the rainy season. Indonesian military agrees to separate militias from refugees…

There is an urgent need to return East Timorese displaced from West Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia to their communities of origin in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin as quickly as possible. The safe and orderly…

By Dean Yates HANOI (Reuters) - Widespread floods blanketed central coastal Vietnam Monday, killing more than 70 people and leaving one million in need of emergency assistance, officials and relief workers said. They said that while more rains were forecast for the…