Informes

WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 42 of 1997 Date: 17 October 1997 This report includes: A) Central Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) B) East Africa:…

AFGHANSTAN/TAJIKISTAN In response to a number of queries about reports of thousands of Tajik refugees leaving the Sakhi camp in Northern Afghanistan and heading across the border to Turkmenistan - this is NOT true. UNHCR staffers visited the camp today and…

DATE=10/16/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-221313 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (S) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: OPPOSITION FORCES IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN HAVE REPORTEDLY LAUNCHED A MAJOR OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE TALEBAN. AS VOA CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS -- TALEBAN FORCES ARE UNDER SEVERE PRESSURE AFTER SUFFERING A SERIES…

08:38 a.m.Eastern ALMATY, Kazakhstan, Oct 16 (Reuters) - About 5,000 Tajik refugees have crossed from Afghanistan into neighbouring Turkmenistan, a senior official with the International Red Cross said on Thursday. ''We can confirm that 5,000 Tajiks crossed into Turkmenistan yesterday,''…

(8:26am AEST) Fires burning in Indonesian peat bogs are predicted to have a significant impact on global warming. The finding comes from researchers in Britain, France and the United States, who say the fires could release more carbon dioxide into the…

Pyongyang, October 16 (KCNA) -- The U.S. government decided on October 14 to give five million dollar's worth of emergency medical assistance to the DPRK as a humanitarian step. Included in it are measles vaccine, cold treatment apparatuses and…

New York, October 16, 1997 -- Aid for one farming community backed up by national and overseas agricultural exchanges are part of a new Lutheran World Relief-supported assistance program in North Korea. Five hundred fifty farm families will receive food,…

Humanitarian Assistance for Afghanistan WEEKLY UPDATE Issue No. 236 16 October 1997 Pledges and contributions The Government of France is to donate US$167,000 to the UNOCHA Mine Action Programme. The Netherlands Government has approved the allocation of US$234,500 to…

Distr. GENERAL A/52/493 16 October 1997 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Fifty-second session Agenda item 112 (c) HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS AND REPORTS OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS AND REPRESENTATIVES Situation of human rights in Afghanistan Note by the Secretary-General The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the members…

(10:23am AEST) Russia and North Korea have signed agreements covering agricultural co-operation and settlement of Pyongyang's debts to Moscow. Officials from both countries the documents in Moscow after three days of talks. They agreed to resolve the debt problem partly created…