Reports

ip/97/872 The European Commission has approved a package of humanitarian aid worth ECU 2 million for the people of Afghanistan and of Laos. In Afghanistan, the aid, managed by the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), will enable the International Committee…

The initiative taken by World Vision to help create greater public awareness toward the severe food crisis in Irian Jaya's highlands has worked well. More and more institutions, including the press, have done follow-up and taken action to send…

DATE=10/14/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-221233 TITLE=INDONESIAN FIRES (L-ONLY) BYLINE=LISA SCHLEIN DATELINE=GENEVA CONTENTVOICED AT: INTRO: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS, WHO HAVE JUST CONCLUDED A TWO-WEEK MISSION TO ASSESS THE DISASTROUS FIRES IN INDONESIA, SAY THAT THE EMERGENCY APPEARS TO HAVE PEAKED. BUT THE EXPERTS WARN THE PROBLEMS ARE…

DATE=10/14/97 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-37777 TITLE=AFGHAN REFUGEES BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: MORE THAN ONE-MILLION AFGHAN REFUGEES HAVE FLED TO PAKISTAN AND MORE ARE CONTINUING TO ARRIVE FROM AREAS RAVAGED BY NEARLY 20 YEARS OF WAR. HEAVY FIGHTING HAS RECENTLY FORCED MORE PEOPLE TO…

THE GREAT HAZE OF 1997 13 October 1997 The great fires that have swept across large sections of Indonesia have created a cloud of smoke - euphenmistically called 'haze' - so widespread that it engulfed much of South East Asia, affecting tens…

(2:10pm AEST) Singapore authorities have issued a health advisory after haze from forest fires in Indonesia returned to the island despite heavy rains over the weekend. The Ministry…

UNDP FLASH! UNDP has made available up to $200,000 from its emergency response funds to coordinate international aid in response to the forest fires in Indonesia. The assistance will also help the Indonesian government address the long-term consequences of the disaster.…

AA49A I am pleased to announce the first delivery of a $1.6 million package of medical aid arrived in Papua New Guinea this afternoon. …

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS The President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has announced that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea have reached an historic agreement on air routes controlled by the two countries. Assad…

The Australian Government has committed an initial $2million to provide assistance to Indonesia during the current crisis caused by the large forest fires burning across many parts of the archipelago. The Australian contribution, provided through AusAID, the Government's overseas aid agency,…