Informes

(2:51am AEST) The United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan Norbert Holl has appealed for an immediate stop to aerial bombing of the Afghan capital, Kabul. The U-N envoy called on the warring factions to stop the fighting to give ongoing…

KHAIR KHANA PASS, Afghanistan (Reuter) Thousands of Afghan civilians fled their homes north of Kabul Tuesday, saying the Taleban militia who recently recaptured the town of Charikar had ordered them to leave, witnesses said. Around 15,000 people fled to the…

(3:17am AEST) Afghanistan's Taliban movement has suffered a major setback, losing a key provincial capital to the country's opposition alliance. Taliban officials concede the city of Charikar has fallen, but say a counter-offensive has already been launched. An opposition spokesman says…

Contact Information : Sally Digges (602) 998-3100, Ext. 129 Karen Randau (602) 998-3100, Ext. 126 SCOTTSDALE, AZ, July 21, 1997 -- Food for the Hungry International (FHI) president, Ted Yamamori, will travel to Kangwon Province in North Korea July 22-26. There he will survey famine devastation…

This report includes: A) North Korea B) Sahel Region C) Great Lakes Region: Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda D) Central Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo E) Somalia From J.-M. Boucher, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet at WFP Home…

DATE=7/16/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-217252 TITLE=AFGHANISTAN / U-N (L) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE UNITED NATIONS ENVOY TO AFGHANISTAN SAYS THE WARRING FACTIONS ARE NOT READY TO STOP FIGHTING AND AGREE TO A CEASEFIRE. NORBERT HOLL MADE THE ASSESSMENT AFTER HIS LATEST ROUND…

Donor countries have responded in record time to the World Food Programme's expanded emergency appeal for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea launched on 9 July. As a result, WFP has now begun drawing up plans for overseeing the…

Below you will find the final version of the letter from the Committee to Stop Famine in North Korea which will be sent to members of Congress asking them to oppose the Cox amendment. Agencies which did not sign…

Disaster strikes Bangladesh again ... heavy floods affect almost one fourth of the country Dear Friends, Soon after the cyclone on 19 May which caused untold havoc, Bangladesh - one of the poorest countries, is currently in the grip of massive…

Pledges and contributions The Government of France is giving 8,000 tonnes of wheat, valued at US$2 million, to support WFP's efforts to feed vulnerable people in Afghanistan. The US Government has donated US$1.5 million to UNHCR to help fund repatriation…