Informes

(5:00pm AEDT) Indonesian police are currently investigating 24-firms and 24 individuals suspected of having started some of the forest fires which sent a choking smoke over most of Southeast Asia in recent weeks. Police say authorities are determined to take action against…

WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 44 of 1997 Date: 31 October 1997 This report includes: A) East Africa: Somalia - flooding, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda B) Central Africa:…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0538 DISASTER SITUATION AND NATIONAL RESPONSE 1. At present, inter-provincial assistance to extinguish the forest fires in Indonesia is concentrating on the province of Lampung and the southern coast of Kalimantan. 2. According to information detected by Satellite…

PNG DROUGHT UPDATE Since Australian supported dedicated flights began delivering food aid on 20 October more than 53 000 kgs of rice and flour…

Indonesian forest fires heat up discussion and media interest Dense clouds of smoke from uncontrolled forest fires filling the air over large areas of Southeast Asia, as well as headlines around the world, gave even greater attention and importance to some…

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) had a major opportunity to prevent children in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from falling victim to a disastrous famine, Omawale Omawale, the Fund's Special Representative in Pyongyang told a Headquarters press briefing…

(5:29pm AEDT) Australia says Papua New Guinea's drought is now a once-in-a-century disaster. The head of an Australian aid assessment team, Doctor Bryant Allen, says more that half-a-million Papua New Guineans have insufficient food and need immediate aid: "The Australians have responded very…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0537 DISASTER SITUATION 1. The United Nations Resident Coordinator reports that the official account assessing the impact of frost and drought in Papua New Guinea has been released by the Government. 2. According to the findings of…

By Justin Jin BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea's food crisis is likely to grow worse next year, a U.N. official said Tuesday, but he denied reports of cannibalism in the country. "The worst has not even started,'' Christian Lemaire, resident…

AA54 I am pleased to announce a grant of $300 000 to World Vision Australia to provide emergency food relief to villagers in remote parts of Irian Jaya. These funds will enable World Vision to provide food supplies to thousands of…