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Natural disasters claimed more than 50,000 lives and resulted in economic losses exceeding $90 billion during 1998; while wars in Africa, Asia and Europe displaced millions more. This horrifying toll will set the scene for the Economic and Social…

Meeting in Algiers on Monday and Tuesday with heads of state attending the 35th Organization of African Unity Summit, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata told leaders that peace and development were the only hope for resolving the…

Calling it a "significant milestone", members of the Security Council on Monday welcomed the Saturday's signing by the leaders of six African nations in Lusaka, Zambia, of the ceasefire agreement on the conflict Democratic Republic of the Congo. At the…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa Tel: +27 11 880 4633 Fax: +27 11 880 1421 e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za SOUTHERN AFRICA: SADC: Free trade on track South African President Thabo Mbeki told the World Economic Forum…

Press Release DSG/SM/63 SC/6698 19990708 Deputy-Secretary General Addresses Council Debate On Maintenance of Peace and Security and Post-Conflict Peace-building Following is the statement by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to today's debate of the Security Council on the issue "Maintenance of peace and…

JOHANNESBURG, 8 July (IRIN) - More than two people die daily through lack of food in the besieged city of Malange, crammed with tens of thousands of displaced people, Angolan TV reported this week. "The situation in Malange is extremely difficult,"…

Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response 17, ch des Crêts, Petit-Saconnex, 1211 geneva 19, switzerland tel: (41 22) 730 4500 fax: 730 4999 e-mail: schr@ifrc.org Geneva, 8 July, 1999 - Chief executive officers representing major non-United Nations humanitarian agencies urge that the…

Press Release SC/6697 - 19990708Deputy Secretary-General Addresses Council; Emphasis Placed on Need To Resolve Problem of Child Soldiers In the future, the Security Council should make the needs of child soldiers a central concern when it considered…

Distr. GENERAL S/PRST/1999/21 8 July 1999 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL At the 4021st meeting of the Security Council, held on 8 July 1999 in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "Maintenance of peace and security and…

NAÇÕES UNIDAS UNIDADE DE COORDENAÇÃO PARA A ASSISTÊNCIA HUMANITÁRIA (UCAH) UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE COORDINATION UNIT (UCAH) Telefone: (244-2) 344321/348205/341072 Fax : (244-2) 342710 Fax: (1-212) 963-3011 (Ext.4523) Fax: (1-212) 963-3011 (Ext. 4523) Av.Comandante Valódia 206-5° Andar Luanda - Angola E-Mail: ucah@compuserve.com General Situation The…