Afghanistan
Press Release SC/6718 - 19990827Continued Conflict Said To Cause Great Civilian Suffering; Taliban Urged To Cooperate in Peace Negotiations, Relief Efforts Several speakers today called for an end to outside interference in Afghanistan, urging the provision of humanitarian…
Viet Nam
Prepared by: UNDP/MARD - DISASTER MANAGEMENT UNIT, VIE/97/002 1. Summary of Current Disaster Conditions in Vietnam 1. Flood Damage Potential: HIGH in the Mekong River Delta 2. Situation Analysis of Floods on Rivers in the North, the Centre, and the South of…
Afghanistan
This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson, Kris Janowski, at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations. The recent upsurge in fighting in Afghanistan has led to the internal displacement of up to 160,00…
Indonesia
A Human Rights Watch Press Backgrounder (August 27, 1999, New York) - The twenty-four year conflict in East Timor may be nearing the end game with voters there choosing on August 30 between autonomy under Indonesian sovereignty and independence. But…
Timor-Leste
More deaths in East Timor are inevitable unless immediate, collective pressure is brought to bear on the Indonesian government to stop its regular security forces from aiding proxy militias, Human Rights Watch said today, in the aftermath of four…
Afghanistan
HR/99/80 The Special Rapporteur on violence against women of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Radhika Coomaraswamy, will visit Pakistan and Afghanistan next week. During the mission, set to last from 1 to 12 September, Ms. Coomaraswamy intends to collect…
Afghanistan
Press Release AFG/104 PI/1166 ISLAMABAD, 27 August (UN Information Centre) -- A five-member United Nations Assessment team left for the Panjshir Valley last Sunday, announced Stephanie Bunker, Spokesperson for the Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance for Afghanistan, at the weekly…
Afghanistan
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will continue to provide food to some 7,000 internally displaced Afghans living in the former Soviet diplomatic compound in Kabul, a UN spokesman reported Friday. The food ration was set to expire today but…
Viet Nam
Prepared by: UNDP/MARD - DISASTER MANAGEMENT UNIT, VIE/97/002 1. Summary of Current Disaster Conditions in Vietnam 1. Flood Damage Potential: HIGH in the Mekong River Delta 2. Situation Analysis of Floods on Rivers in the North, the Centre, and the South of…
Afghanistan
Cholera has broken out in Afghanistan, with the first cases discovered at the end of June. "The fact of the health-care system having collapsed makes it difficult to obtain reliable figures, but we're certainly dealing with cholera," says country…
