Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Rome, 6 December - North Korea approaches 1997 in a far worse position than 1996 and still needs large scale amounts of international food assistance just to meet its minimum food needs, two UN agencies reported Friday. "Two successive years…
Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuter) - The Taleban militia released a U.N. plane on Sunday that had been forced to land in western Afghanistan, apparently with a Tajik Islamic rebel leader on board, U.N. officials said. They said the plane had left the…
Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, Dec 8 (Reuter) - U.N. special envoy Norbert Holl met ousted government military commander Ahmad Shah Masood on Sunday for the first time since the Taleban militia captured Kabul on September 27, U.N. sources said. The talks, in the…
Afghanistan
KABUL, Dec 5 (Reuter) - UNICEF's decision to stop funding education projects in Kabul if girls are not allowed to go to school shows the growing resistance of the aid community to the policies of the Taleban towards women…
Afghanistan
Tuesday, 3 December was marked by a series of events in Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif and Herat where representatives of the UN system, NGOs and donor countries in the presence of the ICRC delegates and surrounded by Afghan children, women and…
Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, Dec 4 (Reuter) - Afghan faction leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar agreed on Wednesday to join an alliance opposed to the radical Islamic Taleban militia, Afghan sources said. Hekmatyar decided to join the alliance formed by ousted president Burhanuddin Rabbani and…
Afghanistan
DHA/96/29 Genève -- (Département des affaires humanitaires) - Les Nations Unies lancent un Appel aujourd'hui pour un montant de US $133 millions afin d'assurer la poursuite de l'assistance humanitaire en Afghanistan, un pays affecté par la guerre, qui connaît les plus…
Afghanistan
DHA/96/29 Geneva -- (Department of Humanitarian Affairs) -- The United Nations today appealed for US $133 million to ensure the continuation of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, a war-afflicted country that has the highest rates of infant, childhood and maternal mortality in…
Afghanistan
CONTEXT: THE NEED After almost 20 years of war, Afghanistan remains a country in crisis. As a result: Over two million Afghan refugees live outside Afghanistan, at least one million in Iran and 1.4 million in Pakistan; Only 5% of…
Afghanistan
ICRC NEWS 37 The ICRC decided to airlift 1,700 kg of medicines and other medical supplies into northern Afghanistan on Monday 25 November. The consignment is intended for hospitals in the Panjshir valley, one of the strongholds of the forces…
