Reports

AA44 29/9/97 I am pleased to announce that Australia will provide an initial $1 million to assist Indonesia tackle emergency problems resulting from the forest fires. I discussed the Indonesian forest fires with the Indonesian Foreign Minister, Mr Ali Alatas…

Kabul, 29 September 1997 (RFE/RL) - Kabul's ruling Islamic Taliban militia today detained European Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Emma Bonino and 18 others for some three hours before releasing them. Afghan Foreign Ministry officials later apologized for the incident. Reuters quotes…

DATE=9/29/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220533 TITLE=AFGHAN / E-C (S) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE TALEBAN ARRESTED AND THEN RELEASED A HIGH-RANKING OFFICIAL FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND 18 OTHER PEOPLE IN AFGHANISTAN. AS V-O-A CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS, INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISTS WERE AMONG THOSE…

29/9/97 AA43 I am pleased to announce that despite the present drought in Papua New Guinea, the first of the country's National Immunisation Days (NIDS) was very successful. The $1.83 million program, conducted in September and October of this year,…

A severe cyclonic storm - Two B, the second one this season, hit the Southern coast of Bangladesh in the early hours of Saturday, 27th September, 1997. After crossing the coastal area the storm weakened into a land depression…

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS An official of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday confirmed that three officials of the United Nations have been expelled from Afghanistan. Robert Breen of the Afghan Desk of the Geneva-based agency told United Nations Radio…

(7:35am AEST) In Afghanistan, Taliban forces are reported to have tightened their stranglehold on the opposition base of Mazar-i-Sharif. The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press says the Taliban troops have advanced in some places to within five-kilometres of the centre of the…

In response to a U.N. appeal to the world community, the government is set to grant North Korea a total of 70,000 tons of food aid, government and ruling Liberal Democratic Party officials said Saturday. The officials said the government…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0518 DISASTER SITUATION 1. Large-scale forest fires persist in Indonesia, causing heavy air pollution in several countries in South-East Asia, including Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, and Thailand. 2. DHA Relief Coordination Branch, through its Joint UNEP/DHA Environment Unit, is…

(5:19pm AEST) The Indonesian government is reportedly planning a crack down on non-governmental organisations. An official from Indonesia's home ministry, Mr Sutoyo, was quoted in the Republika daily newspaper as saying that N-G-Os which violate the country's law could be…