Informes

This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Liberia and Sierra Leone C) Afghanistan From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. For information regarding resources, donors are requested to contact Mr. F. Strippoli or Mr. M. Crosthwaite, WFP Rome…

SG/SM/6076 11 October 1996 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali: Further to his statement of yesterday, the Secretary-General is concerned that the situation in eastern Zaire, especially in South Kivu,…

The Zairian government is attempting to ethnically cleanse eastern Zaire of Banyamulenge, ethnic Tutsi of Rwandan ancestry, who have lived in eastern Zaire for over 200 years. There are approximately 400,000 Banyamulenge living in the area between Bukavu and Uvira…

The World Food Programme has stopped distributing dry food rations in parts of strife-torn Liberia because of fear of attack by faction fighters on the civilian population, leaving tens of thousands of hungry people without food. "The fighters harass the…

3 - 10 Oct 1996 The information contained in this report was provided by the Office of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Operational Activities in Liberia UN Agencies, International Organisations and NGOs HIGHLIGHTS The humanitarian community met with Mr.…

Sierra Leone President Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon that, since he took office six months ago, his Government had been preoccupied with establishing peace and rebuilding the economic and social infrastructure. Sierra Leone had been…

From Segun Adeyemi; PANA Correspondent NEW YORK, United Nations, (PANA) The chairman of Liberia's Council of State, Ruth Perry, has described the support of the international community for the country's peace process as slow and inadequate, and appealed for more…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0416 1. UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN COTONOU INFORMS OF FINDINGS OF MISSION SENT ON 29 SEPTEMBER-2 OCTOBER TO ASSESS IMPACT OF FLOODS WHICH HAD AFFECTED ZOU PROVINCE IN SOUTHERN BENIN IN SEPTEMBER 1996. SITUATION 2. HEAVY RAINS…

Period covered: 24 September - 10 October 1996 1. On 26 September a meeting was convened to review a draft report on vulnerability assessment produced by a UNICEF consultant. The study identifies a series of measurable indicators which could be used…

SG/SM/6074 10 October 1996 Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali: The situation in eastern Zaire has been deteriorating in recent days and remains explosive. Violence continues to…