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Assessment mission holds preliminary discussions with local authorities in Goma; talks to continue on Wednesday. A second mission was unable to return to Bukavu today following administrative problems at the border crossing. The High Commissioner, meeting with ambassadors at the Humanitarian…

GOMA, Zaire (Reuter) - The first cases of cholera were reported to have broken out in eastern Zaire Tuesday as Canada emerged as the likely leader of a multinational intervention force to aid more than a million starving refugees. The…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No. 18 on Eastern Zaire (11-12 November 1996) The front line has moved west of Mugunga camp towards Sake, with rebels firmly…

ROME (Reuter) - U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali confirmed Tuesday that Canada was ready to command a multinational force in Zaire and said he hoped it would have logistical support from the United States. The U.N. chief also said that South Africa…

GOMA, Zaire (Reuter) - Zaire denounced a symbolic consignment of humanitarian aid sent to its troubled eastern region by the United Nations and independent aid groups as a violation of its territorial integrity. At the same time, the international community was…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org Canada has offered to lead a multinational force in eastern Zaire, confirmed UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali in a press conference in Rome today.…

From Lionel Williams; PANA Correspondent JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa has stated officially that it is prepared to send troops to strife-torn Central Africa as part of an international force to bring peace to Eastern Zaire. President Nelson Mandela…

The Secretary General: My gratitude goes to the Italian Government for hosting the World Food Summit, which is a very important summit, and which is a follow up to the continuum of international conferences, which started at Rio de…

Central Organ/MEC/MIN/Comm (IV) Ex COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE FOURTH EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE CENTRAL ORGAN OF THE OAU MECHANISM FOR CONFLICT PREVENTION, MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION AT THE LEVEL OF MINISTERS ADDIS ABABA, 11 NOVEMBER 1996 The Central Organ of the OAU…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No. 17 on Eastern Zaire (11 November 1996) [IRIN Note: IRIN Update 16 wrongly reported that a UN mission had crossed into…