Democratic People's Republic of Korea
DATE=3/13/97 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-35927 TITLE=NORTH KOREA CRISIS BYLINE=GIL BUTLER DATELINE=BEIJING CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: UNITED NATIONS OFFICIALS SAID THIS WEEK (WEDNESDAY) NORTH KOREA WILL BE FACING A DESPERATE FOOD SHORTAGE BY JUNE AND OTHER ANALYSTS SAY THE LACK OF FOOD IS LEADING TO A POLITICAL CRISIS IN…
Afghanistan
Political negotiations Dr. Norbert Holl last week met with Mullah Hassan in Kandahar and General Dostum in Shibarghan to follow up on issues discussed at last month's Technical Working Group meeting. Coordination Mohammed Saleheen, Deputy Coordi-nator at UNOCHA, met with Taliban leaders…
Afghanistan
DATE=3/10/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-211191 TITLE=AFGHAN GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURING (L) BYLINE=TIM JOHNSTON DATELINE=KABUL CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: IN AFGHANISTAN, THE ISLAMIC TALEBAN HAVE ORDERED A RE-ORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT -- MERGING SOME MINISTRIES AND DOWNGRADING OTHERS. AS TIM JOHNSTON REPORTS FROM THE AFGHAN CAPITAL, KABUL, THE TALEBAN SAY MANY OF…
Afghanistan
By Naz Nazar Ankara, 10 March 1997 (RFE/RL) - Afghanistan's ousted President Burhanuddin Rabbani says he intends to form a new government and has asked Turkey for assistance. In an interview published today in a Turkish daily, Rabbani also said…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
NEW YORK (UMNS) -- As representatives from North and South Korea met here March 5 to discuss peace for the first time since the Korean war, relief organizations continued to address needs created by North Korea's famine. A massive worldwide…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
appeal no. 01/23/97 situation report no. 01 period covered: 1 January - 28 February 1997 With response to the appeal currently at a low 27 %, the Federation is striving to meet its commitment to provide food aid and…
Afghanistan
DATE=3/6/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-211018 TITLE=AFGHAN / U-N (L-RERUN) BYLINE=DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN DATELINE=SHIBERGAN CONTENT= VOICED AT: // RERUNNING TO CORRECT DATELINE // INTRO: THE UNITED NATIONS PEACE ENVOY FOR AFGHANISTAN IS CONDUCTING A ROUND OF SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY TO INJECT NEW LIFE INTO WHAT MANY OBSERVERS SAY IS A FALTERING…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Cameron W. Barr, Staff writer of the Christian Science Monitor TOKYO -- North Korea is a little bit like Oz, in that no one outside the country is absolutely sure who is in charge. What's going on there is…
Afghanistan
Political negotiations The UNSMA-convened Technical Working Group on Afghanistan met for a second time in Islamabad last week. The talks were attended by representatives of the Taliban movement, General Dostum, and Hezb-i-Wahdat. Former government commander Massoud's representative was unable to attend…
Afghanistan
KABUL, March 4 (Reuter) - Recent fighting in the northeastern Afghan province of Badghis has displaced 36,000 people, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Tuesday. ''The fighting which is continuing in the province of Badghis has displaced…
