Reports

DHAGVA - 97/0519 Bangladesh - Cyclone DHA-Geneva Situation Report No. 1 SITUATION 1.The UNDP Resident Representative in Dhaka reports that an unexpected cyclonic storm, with wind gusts of up to 125 km/h, made its first landfall on 27 September between 01:50 and 03:00…

(4:19pm AEST) Three provincial centres in Papua New Guinea have reported rain, breaking the prolonged dry spell affecting the country. Lae reported rain, while Alotau and Kavieng had light showers. The NBC in Port Moresby says that last week Lorengau and…

DN: IP/97/819 ip/97/819 Bruxelles, le 29 septembre 1997 Un contact téléphonique direct a eu lieu, cet après-midi, entre Mme Emma Bonino, Membre de la Commission chargée entre autres des questions humanitaires, actuellement à Islamabad, et le Président de la Commission européenne,…

AA44 29/9/97 I am pleased to announce that Australia will provide an initial $1 million to assist Indonesia tackle emergency problems resulting from the forest fires. I discussed the Indonesian forest fires with the Indonesian Foreign Minister, Mr Ali Alatas…

Kabul, 29 September 1997 (RFE/RL) - Kabul's ruling Islamic Taliban militia today detained European Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Emma Bonino and 18 others for some three hours before releasing them. Afghan Foreign Ministry officials later apologized for the incident. Reuters quotes…

29/9/97 AA43 I am pleased to announce that despite the present drought in Papua New Guinea, the first of the country's National Immunisation Days (NIDS) was very successful. The $1.83 million program, conducted in September and October of this year,…

DATE=9/29/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220533 TITLE=AFGHAN / E-C (S) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE TALEBAN ARRESTED AND THEN RELEASED A HIGH-RANKING OFFICIAL FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND 18 OTHER PEOPLE IN AFGHANISTAN. AS V-O-A CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS, INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISTS WERE AMONG THOSE…

A severe cyclonic storm - Two B, the second one this season, hit the Southern coast of Bangladesh in the early hours of Saturday, 27th September, 1997. After crossing the coastal area the storm weakened into a land depression…

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS An official of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday confirmed that three officials of the United Nations have been expelled from Afghanistan. Robert Breen of the Afghan Desk of the Geneva-based agency told United Nations Radio…

(7:35am AEST) In Afghanistan, Taliban forces are reported to have tightened their stranglehold on the opposition base of Mazar-i-Sharif. The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press says the Taliban troops have advanced in some places to within five-kilometres of the centre of the…