Afghanistan
(Excerpt) Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania B) Uganda C) Afghanistan. From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet at WFP Home Page http://www.wfp.org/ or by e-mail from HicksDeb@wfp.org (fax…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
2,000 tons of rice for North Korea Geneva, May 23, 1997 The latest ACT shipment of 2,000 metric tons of rice arrived in the North Korean port of Nampo on April 27 from Vietnam. The shipment was…
Afghanistan
AI INDEX: ASA 11/04/97 AFGHANISTAN: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OPPOSITION GENERAL According to reports, Ismael Khan, an opposition general and former governor of Afghanistan's western Herat province now in the custody of the Taleban is to be tried by…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
CONTACT: Linda Bloom (Release #304) New York (212) 870-3803 by United Methodist News Service May 23, 1997: As North Korea slips into the most critical months yet of its food shortage, church leaders are hoping the appointment of a…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Special Report of the United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in the Democratic Peoples Republic of KOREA (DPRK) Period covered: May 1997 BRIEF ON OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES: EMERGENCY RESPONSE, REHABILITATION AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURITY ASPECTS INTRODUCTION In 1995…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
ip/97/440 Brussels, 23 May 1997 Famine crisis in North Korea: the Commission launches an ECU 46 million food aid package and prepares public health support The European Commission is launching a food aid package worth ECU 46.3 million in support of…
Bangladesh
CYCLONE SURVIVORS RETURN HOME Atlanta, May 22, 1997 -- As people return to their destroyed coastal homes in Chittagong,Bangladesh, CARE is working with local Bangladeshi organizations to distribute supplies to families as they pick up the pieces of their lives.…
Afghanistan
Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0261 I. GENERAL SITUATION From 13 to 19 May, joint country-based multi-agency teams visited various provinces of Northern Afghanistan to assess damage and evaluate needs of populations affected by floods. The region affected is located some 300 km…
