Rapports

Contact: Beth Schaefer, Media Relations Manager, Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370 PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is responding to recent torrential rains and flash flooding that is affecting the lives of thousands in…

Two of the country's major peak bodies, the Australian Council for Overseas Aid and the Australian Council of Social Service, united on Tuesday to welcome the government's announcement of a levy to pay for Australia's peace keeping effort in…

Integrated Operations Cell: The first meeting of the Integrated Operations Cell (IOC) was held today. A figure of 100,000 to 130,000 potential returnees was agreed for planning purposes. In coming days, steps will be taken to ensure adequate stocks of…

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…

SUMMARY REPORT BY THE UNDP DISASTER MANAGEMENT UNIT (Prepared from various sources as of 24 November, 1999) I. According to Decision No. 1045/1999/QD-TTg on 10 November 1999; the Government of Viet Nam declared as follows: To supply free-of-charge by General Salt Corporation…

West Timor People are crossing from West to East Timor at the rate of 3,000 per day but there are still over 130,000 East Timorese remaining in West Timor. Over 5,000 refugees returned to East Timor, most of them…

Widespread militia harassment and attacks on refugees and aid workers continue to hamper the return of refugees from West Timor to East Timor. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 90,000 refugees have so far returned…

By Joanne Collins DILI, East Timor, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Pro-Indonesia militiamen detained for crimes committed during the vote for independence in East Timor could stand trial in the territory within weeks. "Those detainees could be standing trial in the Dili court…

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement on Tuesday offered to hold unconditional talks with the United States, which sponsored current United Nations sanctions on the Islamic movement's government. ''If America wants to talk, we are ready for it,'' Taliban Foreign…

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed a public administration expert from France as a deputy head of the United Nations mission in East Timor, a UN spokesman announced today. As the Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative, Jean-Christian Cady will head the Governance…