Rapports

INDEX I. BACKGROUND II.THE EMERGENCY RELIEF SYSTEM III. UNDAC MISSION IV. MISSION APPROACH V. DAMAGE ASSESSMENT VI. EMERGENCY RELIEF NEEDS VII. EMERGENCY RELIEF DELIVERIES VIII. PROPOSED UNDP/DHA ASSISTANCE IX. ACHIEVEMENTS BY UNDAC MISSION X. CONCLUSIONS ANNEXES: A. Map of Bangladesh B. Depression Tracking Map C. Situation Report issued D. Persons interviewed E.…

DATE=6/9/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-215485 TITLE=AFGHAN PEACE TALKS (S-ONLY) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: REPORTS FROM AFGHANISTAN SAY THE TALEBAN MILITIA HAVE ACCEPTED AN OFFER FOR PEACE TALKS IF AN OPPOSITION COMMANDER AGREES TO RELEASE PRISONERS-OF-WAR. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS. TEXT: THE PAKISTAN-BASED "AFGHAN ISLAMIC PRESS"…

Geneva, June 8, 1997 On the subsequent pages please find a story on the situation in North Korea. The story can be used in extenso or cut and edited so as to fit possible relevant formats. You are also…

(8:40pm AEST) South Korea says North Korea can overcome its food shortage and the government in Pyongyang may be overstating the problem. A statement by Seoul's Unification Ministry contradicts United Nations warnings that North Korea faces famine with no food left by…

(Excerpt) Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) Democratic People's Republic of Korea B) Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Burundi, and Tanzania C) Sudan D) Angola E) Sierra Leone F) Iraq. From P. Ares, Chief,…

Islamabad, 5 June 1997 (RFE/RL) - Reports reaching the Afghan capital Kabul today say the Taliban Islamic militia is preparing for a new infantry assault on opposition forces north of the city. Western news media quote Taliban commanders as telling visiting…

United Nations agencies have warned North Korea will have NO food stocks left in two weeks. The Rome-based World Food Program says North Korea's food rationing system has almost collapsed and people are facing starvation. It says isolated cases of deaths…

ISLAMABAD (Reuter) - Pakistan said Thursday that Afghanistan's Taleban had accepted peace proposals made by northern opposition leader General Abdul Malik, who handed the Islamic militia a stinging defeat in the north last week. A Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman told a…

By Lyndsay Griffiths LONDON (Reuter) - North Korea is teetering on the edge of "a major humanitarian crisis" and needs outside help within weeks, a top United Nations official said Thursday. Peter McDermott, UNICEF's deputy director of emergency programs, said all…

(Excerpt) Weekly News In addition to severe food shortages, North Korea is now facing the possible collapse of its health system. There is a severe lack of basic medicines. Consultations in health clinics and hospitals have gone down 75 percent as…