Informes

U N I T E D N A T I O N S Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org UNHCR reported that by 1pm local time that 15,000 people have…

(11/15/96) Red Cross Action In the last twenty-four hours, there has been a spontaneous mass movement of refugees from the Goma area of Zaire into their home country Rwanda. Estimates are that 15-20,000 refugees are crossing the border every hour at…

Press Release 96/36 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today launched an appeal for 49 million Swiss francs (38.5 US dollars) to cover the cost of its operation to protect and assist some of the…

Communication to the press No. 96/36 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today launched an appeal for 49 million Swiss francs (38.5 US dollars) to cover the cost of its operation to protect and assist…

The major breakthrough necessary for humanitarian aid to gain access to over one million people affected by the ongoing conflict in eastern Zaire has still not been achieved. However, efforts at international level are underway to find a solution…

For Immediate Release Contact: MIKE KIERNAN November 15, 1996 202-667-8227, ext-132 InterAction, a Washington, DC-based coalition of more than 150 U.S. nonprofit humanitarian aid groups, has issued the following list of its relief agencies accepting monetary contributions for relief efforts to assist…

HRW Urges Separation of Armed Elements from Refugees (New York, November 15, 1996) As Rwandan refugees streamed out of the major camp at Mugunga in eastern Zaire, Human Rights Watch/Africa today stressed that any new camps established for them must exclude…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) EASTERN ZAIRE - Complex Emergency Note: The last fact sheet was dated November 8, 1996. Current Humanitarian Situation: In response to shelling from Mugunga camp on…

UNITED NATIONS (Reuter) - As countries organized troops for an intervention force to prevent starvation in eastern Zaire, the U.N. Security Council was expected Friday to authorize the mission for a maximum of four months. A draft resolution, obtained by…