Rapports

Introduction Smoke haze had affected Southeast Asian countries during the dry seasons in 1991, 1994 and 1997. From July to October 1997, ASEAN countries in particular Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, were badly affected by smoke haze caused by…

ICRC NEWS 50 ** SHORT MENU.... IRIAN JAYA: ALARMING REPORT: "It is the worst drought within living memory. Malnutrition and malaria have taken on devastating proportions, especially in the areas affected by the conflict. Famine has reached the final stages in…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0873 DISASTER SITUATION 1. In September-November 1997, parts of several countries in South-East Asia, including Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia, were affected by heavy air pollution, primarily caused by exceptionally large-scale forest fires…

Aide humanitaire en Asie: nouvelles en bref La Commission européenne a approuvé une aide humanitaire d'un montant total de 1,23 million d'Ecus en faveur de projets réalisés en Asie. L'aide, gérée par l'Office humanitaire de la Communauté européenne (ECHO) permettra aux organisations…

Results come in from the survey Alama is a tiny settlement of 261 inhabitants, situated at 1,000 m altitude about a half-hour flight north-east from Timika. It consists of an airstrip, an Indonesian army outpost and a few houses, lost in…

Humanitarian aid in Asia: news in brief The European Commission has approved humanitarian aid worth a total of ECU 1.23 million for projects in Asia. The aid, managed by the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), will enable the Red Cross family and…

(7:17pm AEDT) Diseases linked to the drought in Indonesia's easternmost province of Irian Jaya have killed 657 people so far. The secretary of the Irian Jaya province disaster task force, Sam Leimena, said most of the deaths were in the…

DATE=12/4/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-223642 TITLE= INDONESIA/ FAMINE (L-ONLY) BYLINE=JENNY GRANT DATELINE=JAKARTA CONTENTVOICED AT: INTRO: A FAMINE IN THE REMOTE INDONESIAN PROVINCE OF IRIAN JAYA HAS KILLED MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE. JENNY GRANT REPORTS FROM JAKARTA RELIEF EFFORTS ARE NOW BEING HAMPERED BY THE…

ICRC NEWS 48 ** SHORT MENU.... INDONESIA: ALARMING SITUATION IN IRIAN JAYA: Initial reports from the joint ICRC/Indonesian Red Cross team currently on a fact-finding mission in Irian Jaya are giving cause for serious concern. ** STORIES IN FULL... INDONESIA ALARMING SITUATION IN…

(Owens praises cooperative fire-fighting efforts) (840) Jakarta, Indonesia -- Michael P. Owens, U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Indonesia, praised the fire-fighting efforts of the 153rd Air National Guard and the U.S. Forestry Service team in a December 3 ceremony in Jakarta, Indonesia. The…