Reports

DHAGVA - 97/0522 Bangladesh - Cyclone DHA-Geneva Situation Report No. 2 SITUATION 1. The UNDP Resident Representative in Dhaka reports that on 29 September 1997 a donors meeting was held during which the Government's Disaster Management Bureau presented the official damage statistics. 2.…

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS The United Nations Special Mission in Afghanistan is "deeply concerned" about the safety and well-being of the United Nations and non- governmental organization (NGO) staff in Mazar-I-Sharif. According to Norbert Holl, the Head of Mission, the International Committee of the…

By Sonia Winter New York, 1 October 1997 (RFE/RL) - The United Nations Security Council has called on all countries to avoid actions that would interfere with efforts to reach a peace settlement in Afghanistan. The Security Council members yesterday discussed the…

DATE=10/1/97 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-37675 TITLE=NORTH KOREA FOOD CRISIS BYLINE=CHRIS SIMKINS DATELINE=SEOUL CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS IN SEOUL ARE CALLING ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE MORE FOOD AID TO THE STARVING PEOPLE OF NORTH KOREA. VOA CORRESPONDENT CHRIS SIMKINS REPORTS FROM THE…

Appeal Target : US$ 156,019 Dear Friends, The flood of July 1997 caused by incessant downpour and onrush of water from Assam, India devastated almost one fourth of the country. Further catastrophies in the form of land/mudslides, a…

DATE=9/30/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220640 TITLE=TALEBAN / U-N (L-ONLY) BYLINE=ELAINE JOHANSON DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE TALEBAN RULERS OF AFGHANISTAN SAY THE FAILURE OF THE UNITED NATIONS TO RECOGNIZE THEIR GOVERNMENT IS PERPETUATING WAR IN THAT COUNTRY. A TALEBAN REPRESENTATIVE MET WITH JOURNALISTS INSIDE…

(5:17pm AEST) The Indonesian armed forces have appealed to the international community for equipment to help them fight forest fires blamed for smog blanketing much of Southeast Asia. Malaysia has sent more than a thousand firemen to help Indonesia stamp…

Drought, forest fire, and frost have reportedly killed some 250 persons in several remote villages across the Jayawijaya highlands in Indonesia's Irian Jaya province. Several villages served by World Vision are among those most hit by the disaster. World Vision…

A World Vision relief assessment team is slated to arrive in Papua New Guinea on 1October to help investigate the impact of an El Ni=A4o-related drought. At the invitation of World Vision Papua New Guinea, former Australia relief manager…

Islamabad, 30 September 1997 (RFE/RL) -- Afghanistan's Taliban militia says its forces are fighting today around the besieged northern capital of Mazar-i-Sharif, the last major city in opposition hands. A Taliban spokesman told the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press that Taliban…