Rapports

In response to a U.N. appeal to the world community, the government is set to grant North Korea a total of 70,000 tons of food aid, government and ruling Liberal Democratic Party officials said Saturday. The officials said the government…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0518 DISASTER SITUATION 1. Large-scale forest fires persist in Indonesia, causing heavy air pollution in several countries in South-East Asia, including Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, and Thailand. 2. DHA Relief Coordination Branch, through its Joint UNEP/DHA Environment Unit, is…

(5:19pm AEST) The Indonesian government is reportedly planning a crack down on non-governmental organisations. An official from Indonesia's home ministry, Mr Sutoyo, was quoted in the Republika daily newspaper as saying that N-G-Os which violate the country's law could be…

ADDITIONAL AUSAID SUPPLY FLIGHT An additional AusAID supply flight is expected today in the Western provincial town of Kiunga. It will take food and fuel for the Catholic Diocese, allowing it to continue its health and education work. Yesterday the…

Tomorrow (27th September) marks the first anniversary of the fall of Kabul to the Taleban. During this time, the Taleban have brought their style of law and order in the areas under their control. But the brutal war in…

(10:35am AEST) The haze from uncontrolled fires in Indonesia has spread to Thiland and the Philippines as smog-shrouded Southeast Asian countries brace for a tourism slowdown. Australia, the United States, Britain, Germany and Denmark have issued travel advisories warning their…

(6:51am AEST) The Haze generated by uncontrolled farm and forest fires in Indonesia has now spread to southern Thailand. Government officials say nine Thai provinces, including the popular tourist destination of Phuket, have been affected so far. The World Bank…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0517 DISASTER SITUATION 1. Hunger and a cholera outbreak in Indonesia's eastermost province of Irian Jaya have claimed more than 265 lives since mid-August, the official Antara news agency reported on 25 September 1997. The famine and cholera…

DATE=9/26/97 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-37641 TITLE=AFGHAN ANNIVERSARY BYLINE=SARAH HORNER DATELINE=PESHAWAR CONTENT= VOICED AT: EDITORS NOTE: THE TALEBAN CAPTURED KABUL SEPTEMBER 27, 1996 INTRO: ONE YEAR AGO THE TALEBAN MARCHED INTO THE AFGHAN CAPITAL, KABUL, VOWING TO BRING THEIR STRICT ISLAMIC RULE TO THE CITY AS WELL AS…

(extract) WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 39 of 1997 Date: 26 September 1997 This report includes: A) Democratic People's Republic of Korea B) West Africa: Sierra Leone C) East Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania,…