Reports

DATE=8/12/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-218430 TITLE=AFGHAN RED CROSS (L) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS SAYS FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN HAS SPARKED A MAJOR HUMANITARIAN ALERT. AS VOA CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS, THE RED CROSS SAYS IN RECENT MONTHS IT HAS…

"North Korea is facing a choice between saving face and saving lives," said World Vision Canada President Dave Toycen at an 11 August international press conference held in Hong Kong and attended by more than 60 media representatives.…

Mullah Mohammed Abbas Akhund, acting public health minister for the Taliban in Afghanistan, made a trip to Japan last month at the invitation of the Japanese government. Speaking in an interview at a Tokyo hotel,…

4:13am AEST) Fierce battles have broken out north of the Afghan capital, Kabul between the islamic fundamentalist Taliban militia and an opposition alliance. However, no major gains by either side have been reported, after almost a day of battle. Agence…

The ongoing fighting between the Northern Coalition and the Taliban in northern Afghanistan has prompted a major humanitarian alert and a marked increase in the emergency response of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The ICRC wishes to…

Recent military developments in Afghanistan have prompted new waves of displacements. Thousands of Afghans have fled from Kabul into neighboring Pakistan, while Afghan refugees from Turkmenistan and Iran are returning to their homes in northern provinces of the country. In…

(97-71) Version disponible en français Ottawa --The Honourable Diane Marleau, Minister for International Cooperation and Minister responsible for la Francophonie, announced today that Canada will provide $4.5 million in additional food aid to famine victims in North Korea. "North Korea is experiencing a…

(extract) WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 32 of 1997 Date: 8 August 1997 This report includes: A) Democratic People's Republic of Korea B) East Africa: Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda C) Central Africa: Democratic…

An estimated 800,000 infants and young children in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) are now at risk, many needing special feeding and medicines to halt their downward spiral of sickness and malnutrition, UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy said…

By Tim Johnston KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuter) - Many international aid workers who fled Kabul two weeks ago when the opposition arrived …