Informes

New York, June 3, 1997 -- Amid widespread destruction but limited loss of life, church aid came quickly to areas of Bangladesh hit by a cyclone the third week in May. A local agency, the Christian Commission for Development in…

By Tim Johnston PUL-I-KHUMRI, Afghanistan (Reuter) - Afghanistan's fundamentalist Islamic Taleban militia recaptured two strategic towns north of the capital Kabul in a major offensive on Tuesday, Taleban officials and a news service reported. A senior Taleban official earlier said the…

New York, June 3, 1997 -- Famine relief efforts for North Korea are making slow progress. Yet the apparent scale of the tragedy unfolding there means that much, much more food aid is needed than is being offered.In a pioneering…

Humanitarian Assistance for Afghanistan WEEKLY UPDATE Issue 218 Evacuation of Mazar-i-Sharif On 29 May, the United Nations evacuated 65 international aid workers, journalists and foreign consul staff by road from Mazar to Termez, Uzbekistan. Of these, 58 then flew on UN…

Sue Lautze Feinstein International Famine Center School of Nutrition Science and Policy Tufts University June 1997 Introduction This issues paper is intended to raise awareness and encourage debate about the current crisis in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Given…

The greatest need of those affected by Cyclone Bravo One is for assistance with the reconstruction of their homes . The BDRCS has now presented a detailed budget for its reconstruction programme that will provide support for rebuilding cyclone…

A Hungry Child Knows No Politics' By Lionel A. Rosenblatt and Shep Lowman FROM THE WASHINGTON TIMES We have followed the growing debate on United States policy towards the worsening famine in North Korea with profound embarrassment. There has been an…

CARE Resumes Emergency Feeding Program in Kabul This Week Atlanta, June 2, 1997 -- CARE's emergency feeding program for widows in Kabul, Afghanistan, will resume June 4, now that the relief and…

Revised Appeal Target : US$ 700,500 Geneva, 02 June 1997 Dear Friends, As you are aware, a severe cyclone hit the coast of Bangladesh Monday, 19 May. Winds of up to 180 - 200 kph hit areas around Cox's…

A DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS REPORT ON THE MINE PROBLEM IN AFGHANISTAN MAY 1997Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Doctors Without Borders' Position on Mines3. The Victims of Mines in Afghanistan4. Where are the Mines in Afghanistan?5. Medical Care…