Informes

Weekly News The cyclonic storm that hit the southern coast of Bangladesh on 27 September killed at least 27 people, injured 1,529 and destroyed 71,800 houses. Bangladesh Red Crescent volunteers assisted in the massive evacuation of 750,000 people after storm warnings had…

DATE=10/02/97 TYPE=WORLD OPINION ROUNDUP NUMBER=6-10376 TITLE=WORLD "BURNS" AS INDONESIA SMOKES BYLINE=ANDREW N. GUTHRIE TELEPHONE=619-3335 DATELINE=WASHINGTON EDITOR=ASSIGNMENTS CONTENTINTRO: FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS, AN EXPANDING CLOUD OF SMOKE HAS CAST AN EVER WIDENING PALL OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, …

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed growing concern about the health situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. According to the WHO, immunization activities have decreased and child malnutrition has increased because of the natural disasters and economic…

DATE=10/2/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220727 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (L) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: AT LEAST 150 CIVILIANS HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN KILLED DURING HEAVY FIGHTING IN THE NORTHERN AFGHAN CITY OF MAZAR-I-SHARIF. AS V-O-A CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL EXPLAINS -- THE TALEBAN ARE CONTINUING THEIR BOMBARDMENT OF THE…

(2:23am AEST) An Australian Red Cross team is going to Indonesia to distribute emergency aid to those affected by the pollution crisis. The four member team is being sent at the request of the Indonesian Government and are expected to be…

SG/SM/6346 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General is disturbed at reports of deaths and injuries among Tajik refugees in the Sakhi refugee camp near Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan as a result…

Weekly News While 800,000 hectares of land in Indonesia are burning, thousands of people have been admitted to hospital with respiratory problems. Millions of people in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines are affected by the choking…

DATE=10/1/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220672 TITLE=AFGHAN SITREP (L) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE UNITED NATIONS HAS REACTED WITH "GREAT ALARM AND CONCERN" TO ACCUSATIONS THAT U-N WORKERS ARE SPYING FOR THE TALEBAN IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN. AS V-O-A CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS -- ANTI-TALEBAN FORCES…

DATE=10/1/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220662 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (S) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: TALEBAN AIR RAIDS AND ARTILLERY ATTACKS ARE POUNDING THE NORTHERN AFGHAN CITY OF MAZAR-I-SHARIF. AS VOA CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS -- THE BOMBING RAIDS HAVE RESULTED IN A LARGE NUMBER OF…

(1:35pm AEST) The U-N Security Council has again called on the Afghan factions to stop fighting, and resolve the conflict. The statement was issued following a briefing by the U.N. envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, who has just returned from the region.…