Rapports

SUMMARY A severe cyclone is currently gathering intensity in the Bay of Bengal. The latest information from the Storm Warning Centre in Dhaka indicates that at 15.00 hours today, 18th May, the cyclone with a wind speed of up to…

(4:10pm AEST) South Korea has announced it will provide 10 million dollars of food aid to North Korea through the United Nations. A Government spokesman says Seoul has decided to contribute more to the UN food assistance program for North Korea…

(Excerpt) Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) Democratic People's Republic of Korea B) Iran C) Iraq D) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania E) Uganda F) Kenya G) Somalia. From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on…

Situation Report from the DHA Coordinator in the Democratic Peoples Republic of KOREA (DPRK) Period covered: 15 April - 15 May 1997 HIGHLIGHTS The Resident Coordinator met with the UN Secretary-General in Beijing on 7 May. A well-attended donor meeting was…

Floods in northern Afghanistan wipe out villages, kill 24 people (2:05am AEST) The United Nations says at least 24 people have been killed in northern Afghanistan with farms, villages and cattle wiped out by a series of flash floods. The report said…

Excerpt) The OXFAM Emergencies Bulletin The Oxfam Emergencies Bulletin aims to give an overview of Oxfam's current emergency work world-wide, for use in communications work. It appears monthly. For further information, contact Maurice Herson in the Emergencies Department. [ Telephone 01865…

(Excerpt) The OXFAM Emergencies Bulletin The Oxfam Emergencies Bulletin aims to give an overview of Oxfam's current emergency work world-wide, for use in communications work. It appears monthly. For further information, contact Maurice Herson in the Emergencies Department. [ Telephone 01865…

Flooding affects Northern Afghanistan: Provincial authorities request assistance I. GENERAL SITUATION 1. Since the month of April 1997, flooding has been affecting the Northern Region of Afghanistan. Several rivers and their tributaries have overflowed their banks in the Provinces of Balkh,…

Wednesday, 14 May 1997: UNICEF plans to fly high-energy milk immediately to severely malnourished children in Kangwon province in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and begin training hospital staff in therapeutic feeding techniques and malnutrition-related health problems. A UNICEF…

7811/97 (Presse 147) E/45/97 The European Union is deeply concerned about threats made by certain representatives of the Taliban side to blow up the "Blind Buddhas of Bamiyan", which are silent witnesses of Afghanistan's rich cultural heritage of incalculable archaeological value.…