Rapports

Press Release - SG/SM/7474 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General is distressed by the news that an overcrowded boat carrying persons fleeing the clashes in northern Maluku province of Indonesia and bound…

From IOM PRESS BRIEFING NOTES 30 June 2000 by Niurka Piñeiro, IOM Spokesperson The numbers of refugee returns from West Timor slowed again this week as the stand-off over security in the Kupang camps continued. The NTT governor has now agreed…

Never knowing when the next tremor will strike is a strange feeling. You get on with a life as normal as possible, cooking, working, going to school, shopping and sleeping. But subconsciously you are aware that any minute the…

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Response Office of Transition Initiatives Program Description The Office of Transition Initiatives in Indonesia seeks to assist, accelerate, and secure the process of reform and democratization in this enormous island nation.…

Update on OTI's Assistance to Sierra Leone Diamond Policy USAID/OTI's assistance to the Government of Sierra Leone to develop a new diamond policy and operations is advancing on several fronts. Consultations in London by OTI and the U.S. Department of State…

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today expressed concern over the reports of escalating violence in Indonesia's Maluku and North Maluku provinces and appealed to those responsible for the clashes in the area to respect humanitarian principles and ensure the protection of civilians. The…

Written by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports Hope faded Friday (June 30) for finding survivors among hundreds of refugees missing after an overloaded ferry sunk in stormy waters off eastern Indonesia. Most of the passengers were women…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Quoted text from this briefing note may be attributed to the UNHCR spokesperson named below Ron Redmond 1. Chechnya While there…

(New York, June 29, 2000) - Human Rights Watch today called on Indonesian authorities in the troubled Moluccan island region to take immediate action against troops believed to have taken sides in the communal conflict there. A recent spate…

The time had come for the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) to share responsibility and political power with the Timorese people, the Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of UNTAET told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this…