Rapports

(extract) The Oxfam Emergencies Bulletin aims to give an overview of Oxfams 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 312540; e-mail mherson@oxfam.org.uk ] There have been…

For Immediate Release Contact: J.Ron Byler (215/241-7060) or Aishah Shahidah Simmons (215/241-7056) PHILADELPHIA - In response to reports of impending famine in North Korea, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), along with other international relief agencies,…

Tuesday, 1 April 1997: Schools have just opened throughout Afghanistan after the winter recess -- but there are no girls in sight. Since their military victories in the summer of 1995, the Taliban, known for their ultra-conservative interpretation of Islam,…

ICRC News 97/11 In the early morning of 19 March the explosion of an ammunition dump caused panic in the town of Jalalabad some 120 km east of Kabul. The explosion, which occurred in the police headquarters compound, also destroyed…

Korean Americans' Nationwide Campaign Kickoff for Humanitarian Aid to North Korea Nat'l Kickoff Conference to be held in May Appeal for $5 Million with 5,000 Members by December Washington-Baltimore Chapter has already raised about $85,000 in 6 weeks Washington, D.C. March.…

Pledges and contributions US$20 million for Afghanistan The British and Dutch Governments have each approved contributions of around US$10 million to the 1997 Consolidated Appeal for Assistance to Afghanistan. ICRC is the single biggest beneficiary, receiving more than US$3 million from…

Tuesday, 25 March 1997: UNICEF will appeal for special high energy milk to deal with severe child malnutrition in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. "We have just been informed that the DPR Korea government food distribution system expects its…

Church World Service is providing emergency assistance to help alleviate the extreme food shortage in North Korea, where millions are on the edge of starvation. As the March 19 Chicago Tribune reported, people are supplementing their government ration of 100…

A. Summary Severe Tropical Cyclone Justin was a large, long-lived Coral Sea cyclone that crossed the Queensland coast as a category two cyclone northwest of Cairns on 22 March. Two lows that merged in a very active monsoon…

New York, March 21, 1997 -- Lutheran World Relief is joining other church agencies to send food to hungry people in North Korea. Food stocks in that isolated country will run out by mid-year, according to U.N. and U.S.…