Rapports

PNG DROUGHT UPDATE As the full extent of the Papua New Guinea drought becomes apparent, an RAAF Caribou will arrive in Port Moresby today to begin the task of carrying emergency relief supplies to the most critically affected areas. This week…

ICRC Communication to the press 97/29 Geneva (ICRC) - An Afghan employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was killed late on the afternoon of Saturday, 18 October. Three ICRC vehicles were driving along the Anchoy-Shibirgan road…

Islamabad, 20 October 1997 (RFE/RL) Norbert Holl, the head of the United Nations' Special Mission to Afghanistan, said today he was not surprised that anti-Taliban forces have rejected a proposal to meet in Pakistan for peace talks with the…

(10:19am AEST) A top anti-Taliban alliance leader in Afghanistan has outlined plans to clear the northern stronghold of Mazar-i-Sharif of armed troops. A recent month-long attack on Mazar-i-Sharif by hardline Muslim Taliban forces has been repulsed by mainly Hezb-i-Wahdat troops. At the peak…

By Lewa Pardomuan JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Military helicopters flew rice and noodles to famine-stricken areas in Indonesia's remote Irian Jaya province on Monday as government officials said food shortages had also spread to Sumatra island. Officials at the…

(5:54pm AEST) A drought in the eastern Indonesian province of Irian Jaya is reported to have claimed almost 500 lives. The official Antara newsagency in Jakarta says 493 people have died in three remote districts in the central mountain range, and…

DATE=10/19/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-221434 TITLE=AFGHAN PEACE (L) BYLINE=SARA HORNER DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE TALEBAN HAVE REPORTEDLY DROPPED ONE OF THEIR MAJOR CONDITIONS FOR PEACE TALKS TO END THE AFGHAN CIVIL WAR. AS SARAH HORNER REPORTS, THE OPPOSITION NORTHERN ALLIANCE HAS YET TO RESPOND TO…

DHAGVA - 97/0535 South-East Asia - Environmental Emergency DHA-Geneva Situation Report No. 6 18 October 1997 DISASTER SITUATION 1. Recent available data from the Indonesian Environmental Impact Management Agency (BAPEDAL) indicate that the number of hot spots, or fire locations, has increased in…

DATE=10/17/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-221367 TITLE=AFGHAN IRAN (S) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: TALEBAN OFFICIALS HAVE RENEWED THEIR CHARGE THAT IRAN IS SUPPLYING MILITARY AID TO OPPOSITION FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN. VOA CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS. TEXT: TALEBAN DEPUTY INTERIOR MINISTER -- MULLAH MOHAMMAD KHAKSAR -- CHARGED…

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS The United Nations refugee agency has denied reports that thousands of refugees have left the Sakhi camp in northern Afghanistan for Turkmenistan. Responding to queries about the refugees heading across the border to Turkmenistan, the United Nations High Commissioner for…