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ROME, Feb 12 (Reuter) - The U.N.'s food aid agency said on Wednesday it had launched an urgent appeal to raise $41.6 million for urgent supplies to stave off famine in North Korea. The Rome-based World Food Progamme said in…

Political negotiations An UNSMA delegation visited Mazar-iSharif 4-6 February to meet with General Dostum and Professor Mohakek. Both were supportive of the UN's efforts to negotiate a ceasefire. They also said they were prepared to send representatives to the second…

A tribal revolt is reported to have broken out against the Taliban Islamic militia in the eastern Afghanistan province of Kunar. The Afghan Islamic Press based in Pakistan, quotes regional sources as saying that Salarzi, Mashwani and Gujar tribes rebelled after…

Displaced, dispersed and cut off, the victims of the Afghan conflict seem more destitute than ever as winter advances. Recent fighting in Charikar and Jabal-Saraj to the north of Kabul has forced thousands of civilians to take to the…

The World Food Programme has launched an urgent appeal for $41.6 million in emergency food aid for North Korea to assist 1,730,000 adults and children--the most seriously affected by worsening food shortages. WFP, the Rome-based United Nations food aid agency, said…

5:14 PM EST WASHINGTON (Reuter) - The World Food Program has formally appealed for $41.6 million in new food aid for North Korea and the United States was certain to make a contribution, U.S. officials said Tuesday. "I understand the…

Appeal No. 13/96 BACKGROUND Between July and November 1996, Vietnam suffered a series of typhoons, floods and tropical low pressure storms. The first typhoon, named Frankie, struck many of Vietnam's northern provinces and caused massive damage to paddy fields, houses,…

WASHINGTON (Reuter) - The World Food Program is expected to make a formal appeal for $38 million in new food aid for North Korea next week and the United States is likely to respond positively, U.S. officials said Thursday. The…

A United Nations agency has appealled for urgent food assistance for refugees in camps in Herat in Afghanistan where the agency claims at least ten people die each day from severe cold, hunger and disease. The U-N says an intensification…

Political negotiations Following in-conclusive Afghan peace talks in Tehran boycotted by the Taliban and the Hezb-i-Wahdat (25-27 January), Dr. Norbert Holl last Wednesday met with Mullah Rabbani in Kabul for further ceacefire mediation. UNSMA is currently trying to set up a…