Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Friday, 19 September 1997: UNICEF today warned that emergency food aid is only a partial solution to the present crisis in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and that broader and longer-term measures such as those in health…
Afghanistan
DATE=9/18/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220062 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (S) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE TALEBAN HAVE REPORTEDLY OFFERED TO HELP THE UNITED NATIONS EVACUATE AID WORKERS FROM THE OPPOSITION STRONG HOLD OF MAZAR-I-SHARIF. AS VOA CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL EXPLAINS -- FIERCE ARTILLERY DUELS…
Myanmar
Ref:DHAGVA - 97/0514 1. The UN Resident Coordinator in Yangon informs that the UN Disaster Management Team (UNDMT) has returned from a field mission to the Mon State to assess the impact of the recent floods and to identify priority…
Afghanistan
Pledges and contributions The Netherlands government is to provide around US$1,390,000 to the UNOCHA Mine Action Programme. From the frontline Interfactional fighting, accompanied by widespread looting, broke out in Mazar-i-Sharif on 9 September. The offices of UNOCHA, FAO Livestock, WFP and UNCHS…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
By Azhar Sukri KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter) - North Korea, hit by drought, tidal waves and floods, faces a shortage of 1.9 million tons of grain over the next year, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said Thursday. ''We have…
Afghanistan
CARE projects in Kabul and Wardak have resumed operation following a six-week suspension. In Kabul the Widows Emergency Feeding Project and the Water and Sanitation Project had been suspended when regulations issued by Afghanistan's religious police made it impossible for…
Afghanistan
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS In a report released on Thursday, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says that the de facto division of Afghanistan largely along ethnic lines is a troubling aspect of the situation in that country. According to the report, the military confrontation between…
Afghanistan
S/1997/719 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH GENERAL ASSEMBLY SECURITY COUNCIL Fifty-second session Fifty-second year Agenda item 43 THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY Report of the Secretary-General I. INTRODUCTION 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 19 of General…
Afghanistan
(9:59pm AEST) Afghanistan's Taiban militia claims that Saudi Arabia has pledged to provide assistance to areas under its control. A Taliban official said that during a visit this month to meet King Fahd, a top militia delegation solicited political and…
Afghanistan
DATE=9/17/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220028 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (S ONLY) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE TALEBAN SAY THEY HAVE CAPTURED A TOWN IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN ALONG THE BORDER WITH UZBEKISTAN. AS VOA CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS -- IT APPEARS THE TALEBAN ARE TRYING TO SURROUND…
