UNDRO 84/0541

INDONESIA - FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES
INFORMATION REPORT NO.1
1 MARCH 1984

1. THE INDONESIAN GOVT NATIONAL COORDINATION BOARD FOR NATURAL DISASTER RELIEF (BAKORNAS PBA) HAS ADVISED THE UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE JAKARTA OF SERIOUS SEASONAL FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES IN PROVINCES OF CENTRAL, EAST, AND WEST JAVA, JOGYAKARTA SPECIAL REGION AND NORTH SUMATRA. TWENTY SIX PERSONS ARE REPORTED DEAD, OVER 300,000 PERSONS AFFECTED, OVER 60,000 HOMES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED, APPROX. 31,000 HA RICE FIELDS LOST.

2. GOVERNMENT HAS NOT OFFICIALLY REQUESTED EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE SO FAR AS FOREGOING DUE TO RECURRENT PHENOMENA AND SITUATION UNDER CONTROL.

3. FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS WILL BE COMMUNICATED AS NECESSARY.

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UNDRO 84/0563

INDONESIA - FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES
INFORMATION REPORT NO.2
6 MARCH 1984

1. ON 5 MARCH 84 THE NATIONAL COORDINATION BOARD FOR NATURAL DISASTER RELIEF (BAKORNAS PBA) AND THE UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE, JAKARTA, HELD A COORDINATION MEETING ATTENDED BY RELEVANT GOVT DEPARTMENTS, UN AGENCIES, FOREIGN EMBASSIES AND THE INDONESIAN RED CROSS, TO REVIEW RELIEF NEEDS FOR SITUATION DESCRIBED INFO REPORT NO. 1 OF 1 MARCH 84.

2. THOUGH NO FORMAL REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE EXPRESSED, GOVT INDICATED FOLLOWING ITEMS WOULD BE APPRECIATED (QUANTITES AVAILABLE FROM UNDRO/UNDP RESPREP JAKARTA OR UNDRO/GENEVA): MOTORIZED RUBBER BOATS, LANTERNS, TENTS, FIELD KITCHENS, BLANKETS, MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT.

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