Rapports

For information only. Not an official record. NEW YORK/NAIROBI, 28 April 1998 - Mr. Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), welcomes the reports of recent rains in Indonesia's forest-fire ravaged East Kalimantan province. However, United Nations…

Australian Defence Force personnel will leave for the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya later this week to fly drought aid into remote highland villages. Commander of the operation, Lieutenant Colonel Geoff Mulherin, says Blackhawk helicopters and Hercules and Carribou fixed-wing aircraft…

Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) Sudan B) Indonesia C) Afghanistan D) Iraq E) East and Central Africa: Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo. From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical Support Service.…

Indonesian authorities will take five companies to court next month for starting fires in East Kalimantan. Environment Minister Yuwono Sudarsono was quoted by the Indonesian daily, the Republika, as saying, the trial will start on May the eighth. The trial would…

By Lewa Pardomuan JAKARTA, April 23 (Reuters) - Parts of Indonesia's drought-stricken Irian Jaya province received ample rain this month along with several other islands in the world's largest archipelago, weather officials said on Thursday. "Heavy rains have fallen in several parts…

ROME, April 23 -- The UN World Food Programme appealed today for US$88 million to begin an emergency feeding operation in Indonesia in order to avert a severe food crisis in the country this year. Due to serious drought conditions…

UNEP News Release. For use as information. Not an official record. GENEVA, 21 April 1998 (Reissued Nairobi) - Under the leadership of Mr. Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), fire-fighting experts from around the world have…

JAKARTA, April 20 (Reuters) - Fighting forest fires in East Kalimantan province is low on the Indonesian government's list of priorities because of the economic crisis, Environment Minister Juwono Sudarsono was quoted on Monday as saying. He told the Jakarta…

DONORS MEETING ON THE INDONESIAN FIRES Mr. Töpfer, Dr. Surna, Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to address this meeting today on behalf of Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. The problem caused by exceptionally large-scale forest…

DPR 213/3 (7-6) INDO 98March - April 1998 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary Fire Emergency in Indonesia Background Resurgence of fires in 1998 Dispatch of an UNDAC Team Field Assessment in East Kalimantan Impact of fires National Emergency Structures National Response International Assistance and Cooperation Regional Cooperation: ASEAN ConclusionsRecommendationsAcknowledgements Annexes 1.…