Reports

(3:17am AEST) Afghanistan's Taliban movement has suffered a major setback, losing a key provincial capital to the country's opposition alliance. Taliban officials concede the city of Charikar has fallen, but say a counter-offensive has already been launched. An opposition spokesman says…

Contact Information : Sally Digges (602) 998-3100, Ext. 129 Karen Randau (602) 998-3100, Ext. 126 SCOTTSDALE, AZ, July 21, 1997 -- Food for the Hungry International (FHI) president, Ted Yamamori, will travel to Kangwon Province in North Korea July 22-26. There he will survey famine devastation…

This report includes: A) North Korea B) Sahel Region C) Great Lakes Region: Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda D) Central Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo E) Somalia From J.-M. Boucher, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet at WFP Home…

DATE=7/16/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-217252 TITLE=AFGHANISTAN / U-N (L) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE UNITED NATIONS ENVOY TO AFGHANISTAN SAYS THE WARRING FACTIONS ARE NOT READY TO STOP FIGHTING AND AGREE TO A CEASEFIRE. NORBERT HOLL MADE THE ASSESSMENT AFTER HIS LATEST ROUND…

Donor countries have responded in record time to the World Food Programme's expanded emergency appeal for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea launched on 9 July. As a result, WFP has now begun drawing up plans for overseeing the…

Disaster strikes Bangladesh again ... heavy floods affect almost one fourth of the country Dear Friends, Soon after the cyclone on 19 May which caused untold havoc, Bangladesh - one of the poorest countries, is currently in the grip of massive…

Below you will find the final version of the letter from the Committee to Stop Famine in North Korea which will be sent to members of Congress asking them to oppose the Cox amendment. Agencies which did not sign…

Pledges and contributions The Government of France is giving 8,000 tonnes of wheat, valued at US$2 million, to support WFP's efforts to feed vulnerable people in Afghanistan. The US Government has donated US$1.5 million to UNHCR to help fund repatriation…

A World Vision team of medical and nutrition specialists arrived in the North Korean capital Pyongyang today, 15 July, reported Asia Pacific Regional Vice President Watt Santatiwat. The team is scheduled to be in-country for one week, working with the…

(Path of 7,000 refugees blocked at Uzbekistan border) (360) By Wendy C. Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent Geneva -- The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it hopes to begin this week the repatriation of some 22,000 Tajik refugees from Afghanistan, following the…