Informes

REG. NO. 97/0335 The following text of a press release issued in Pyongyang was provided by the office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The programme discussed is a part of the response to the United Nations Consolidated Appeal for…

Trócaire representatives Niamh O' Carroll and Mary Healy are to visit North Korea to assess the nature of the crisis there and to monitor the distribution of Trócaire's aid to the region. Recently, Trócaire allocated =A350,000 (13 metric tonnes)…

Contents: *Overview of DPRK’s humanitarian crisis * Update 1: UNICEF in DPRK: Meeting the challenges * Update 2: The need for nutrition rehabilitation * Update 3: The Health Spectrum * Update 4: Achieving Food Security UN Agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) responding…

Myanmar: Floods appeal no: 13 THIS APPEAL SEEKS CHF 1,015,000 IN CASH AND SERVICES TO ASSIST 55,000 BENEFICIARIES FOR 6 MONTHS Summary Extensive flooding along Myanmar's main rivers is affecting at least 360,000 people. The Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS), with Federation…

DPR KOREA: TIDAL WAVE The Disaster A huge tidal wave caused by a typhoon has created heavy damage along the west coast of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Coinciding with an exceptionally high tide, the wall of sea…

WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 35 of 1997 Date: 29 August 1997 This report includes: A) West Africa: Sahel region B) East Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda C) Central Africa: Democratic…

HR/CT/497 (Reissued as received.) GENEVA, 29 August (UN Information Service) -- The Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee, Christine Chanet, expressed deep concern today over the announced intention of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to withdraw from the International Covenant on…

North Korea has been devastated by severe flooding which occurred in 1995 and 1996 just after the planting season. Almost two years crop has been lost. Now drought has exacerbated the problem, and it is estimated that: 500,000 people have…

DATE=8/28/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-219079 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (S) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: FIERCE FIGHTING IS REPORTED IN AFGHANISTAN NEAR THE STRATEGIC EASTERN CITY OF JALALABAD. CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS FROM ISLAMABAD. TEXT: THE PAKISTAN-BASED AFGHAN ISLAMIC PRESS (AIP) REPORTS CLASHES BETWEEN TALEBAN AND OPPOSITION FORCES HAVE…

ICRC NEWS 33 With the continuing fighting, the infrastructure in ruins, the galloping inflation, the countless people displaced and the scourge of mines, to alleviate the suffering in Afghanistan is a more formidable humanitarian challenge then ever. STORIES IN FULL... With the…