Informes

(U.S. to provide assistance package to Indonesia, Malaysia) (470) Washington -- The United States has agreed to provide immediate technical assistance to Indonesia and Malaysia to deal with the unprecedented levels of air pollution caused by forest fires and exacerbated by the…

DATE=10/10/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-221090 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING UPDATE (S) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=PESHAWAR CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE TALEBAN HAVE LAUNCHED A TWO-PRONGED ATTACK ON OPPOSITION FORCES NORTH OF THE AFGHAN CAPITAL, KABUL. AS V-O-A CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS FROM THE WESTERN PAKISTANI CITY OF PESHAWAR, AN…

As Papua New Guinea's drought worsens, a government report has warned of a health crisis, fuelled by shortages of food and water. Mark Bowling reports the findings are based on a study of more than 400…

(U.S. to provide air quality monitoring, interventions) (530) Washington -- Following is a fact sheet on U.S. assistance to Southeast Asia to deal with the current air quality situation: (begin text) 1. Limited Interventions with C-130s; Specialized Fire Assessment Team The USC has agreed…

WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 41 of 1997 Date: 10 October 1997 This report includes: A) Democratic People's Republic of Korea B) East Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan…

Indonesian officials say famine caused by prolonged drought in has killed another 12 people in Central Sulawesi, taking the toll in Irian Jaya to well over 400 in recent months. The ANTARA newsagency says the latest deaths occurred in the…

(8:11am AEST) Indonesia's weather forcasters say rain falling on Jakarta may wash away some of the haze from fires that have been plaguing the region for weeks. The Meteorological and Geophysics Agency says it has recorded light showers in Jakarta for…

(8:44pm AEST) Japan has officially decided to extend food aid to North Korea. It's to offer 27 million dollars to the United Nations World Food Programme, to buy 67-thousand tonnes of rice. Japan will also offer 776-thousand dollars to medical institutions…

News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International * AI INDEX: ASA 24/12/97 8 OCTOBER 1997 Today's formal accession of Kim Jong Il to the leadership of the ruling Korean Workers' Party (KWP) of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea…

The Australian Government has committed an initial $2million to provide assistance to Indonesia during the current crisis caused by the large forest fires burning across many parts of the archipelago. The Australian contribution, provided through AusAID, the Government's overseas aid agency,…