Reports

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0114 GENERAL SITUATION 1. LATEST REPORTS INDICATE 63 FIRES STILL BURNING AND 55 SPOTS NOW UNDER CONTROL. DESTRUCTION OF TELEPHONE LINES MAKES EXACT COUNT AND ASSESSMENT DIFFICULT. 2. WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN UNFAVOURABLE, MAKING IT…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0112 GENERAL SITUATION 1. DUE TO EXTREMELY DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS THE STEPPE AND FOREST FIRE SITUATION IN MONGOLIA HAS REACHED VERY SERIOUS PROPORTIONS. FROM 10 APRIL, WARM WEATHER PREVAILED THROUGHOUT MONGOLIA WITH STRONG WIND VELOCITY. AS A CONSEQUENCE,…

MCC helps supply 2,000 metric tons of grain and canned meat AKRON, Pa. -- Following severe floods last year, isolated North Korea launched an unprecedented appeal to the world for help in feeding its people until the next harvest. The response…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0111 MONGOLIA - SPRING FIRE DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2 26 APRIL 1996 1. THE GOVERNMENT OF MONGOLIA HAS ISSUED AN APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR FIGHTING THE HUGE SPRING FIRE AND PROVIDING RELIEF TO THE VICTIMS. 2. FOREST AND…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0107 IN THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PHILIPPINES, A LARGE OPEN PIT COPPER MINE IS BEING OPERATED ON MARINDUQUE ISLAND. THE MINE IS PRODUCING ABOUT 30,000 TONS OF COPPER ORE PER DAY. IN LATE-MARCH 1996, A MASSIVE FLOW OF MINE…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0102 SITUATION 1. DHA/UNDP RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN ULAANBAATAR REPORTS THAT FAST AND FIERCE SPRING FIRES HAVE AFFECTED A LARGE PART OF THE COUNTRY. OVER 30 STEPPE AREAS HAVE BEEN HIT IN THE PROVINCES OF DORNOD, KHENTII (EASTERN PART), BULGAN,…

Contact: Linda Bloom April 9, 1996 To help alleviate severe food shortages in North Korea, the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) has received a U.S. Department of Commerce license to ship $100,000 worth of humanitarian supplies. North Korea had…

Geneva, 22 March 1996 Responding to a request from the Red Cross Society of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies today launched a worldwide appeal for more than 7…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0092 IMPACT 1. AS OF 29 FEB, DEATH TOLL WAS 108 WITH 58 MISSING, 56 SERIOUSLY AND 367 SLIGHTLY INJURED; 1018 HOUSES DESTROYED/SWEPT AWAY, 3180 HOUSES WITH MAJOR AND 845 MINOR DAMAGE. UPDATED FIGURES ON DAMAGE TO PUBLIC…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0059 IMPACT 1. UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THE IMPACT OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND TIDAL WAVES THAT HIT IRIAN JAYA ON 17 FEBRUARY 1996. THE DEATH TOLL HAS INCREASED TO 104 IN THE DISTRICTS OF BIAK…