Rapports

An experienced GOAL team of 5 ex-patriate staff and 10 local staff are currently based in Dili. GOAL will focus their efforts in Aleiu town. The team will renovate 2,000 houses for returning refugees. GOAL will also renovate the…

Highlights Low attendance rate of children at institutions FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment report findings published WFP's PRRO (Protracted Relief/Recovery Operation) launched WHO Mission in DPRK for Training in Nutrition UNICEF conducts a review of Nutrition Programme CAP Launch, Geneva, Switzerland Deputy Under Secretary…

At a glance More than 8,000 refugees head home over the past three days, bringing to more than 64,000 the overall number of returnees. Around 360 Timorese boarded a ferry to East Timor at the start of UNHCR's repatriation program from a…

Press Release 99/70 C/5 Rome, November 15, 1999 -- While increasing numbers of people face food emergencies, the causes are changing, suggest two UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports released today. "For the first time, human induced disasters such…

The People's Committee of Quang Nam The Agriculture and Rural Development Service SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence-Freedom-Happiness Hanoi, 14 November 1999 In early November 1999, due to the effect of northwest monsoon in combination with activities of a tropical depression, there…

Flood Damage Summary in Central Viet Nam, November 1999 as of 20:00 on 14 November 1999 Class Category Item Unit Quang Binh Quang Tri TT-Hue Da Nang Quang Nam Quang Ngai Binh Dinh Phu Yen Total Humanitarian People People killed and missing No. 10 58 373 37 73 38 31 1 621 People injured No. 5 4 94 61 95 12 4 275 Houses collapsed No. 111 2,229 27,559 4,991 5,687 195 308 41,080 Housing Houses flooded and damaged No. 75,930 59,112 193,627 50,104 192,313 26,600 11,030 608,716 Education Schools collapsed Room 75 183 132 58 114 8 570 Schools damaged Room 1,140 1,640 1,207 52 457 32 4 4,532 Food & Food Production Agriculture Paddy…

Amnesty International - Report - ASA 11/14/99 November 1999 Afghanistan Afghanistan: the Human Rights of Minorities There are no definite statistics about the size of the Afghan population or the distribution of Afghan ethnic groups. The only population survey (sponsored by the…

Security: A weapons cache dating from 1994 was discovered in Dili that had an explosive device attached to it. INTERFET explosive ordinance demolition experts neutralised the device. The incident serves as a reminder to all in the mission area to…

Thanks to Australian Building Trade Unions and Industry An epic road train convoy from Melbourne has delivered a purpose-built prefabricated aid complex to East Timor, to be erected in Dili as CARE's permanent administration and living complex. This prototype, the first…

Amnesty International - Report - ASA 11/13/99 November 1999 Afghanistan "War violates every right of a child -- the right to life, the right to be with family and community, the right to health, the right to development of personality and…