Rapports

KABUL, March 2 (Reuter) - A number of non-governmental aid agencies have reduced their programmes in Kabul until the position of their female employees has benn clarified, a spokesman for the aid community said on Sunday. ''Some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have…

John Zubrzycki, Special to The Christian Science Monitor PANJSHIR VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN -- For nearly two decades, the strategic Panjshir Valley in eastern Afghanistan has been the star in the crescent moon of the Afghan resistance to rulers in Kabul, the…

KABUL, Feb 27 (Reuter) - Two French aid workers held in Kabul by Afghanistan's purist Islamic Taleban militia said on Thursday they were in good health and appreciated the messages of support they had received. ''Our health is okay and…

DATE=2/27/97 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-35819 TITLE=NORTH KOREA / FOOD STORAGE BYLINE=CHRIS SIMKINS DATELINE=HONG KONG CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: NORTH KOREA CONTINUES TO BE GRIPPED BY SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGES, BROUGHT ON BY SEVERAL YEARS OF MASSIVE FLOODING, POOR MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS. CORRESPONDENT CHRIS SIMKINS REPORTS FROM OUR ASIA…

By Donald M. Krumm from THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR The United States government has announced that it will contribute $10 million in food aid to mitigate the effects of severe flooding on the food supply in North Korea. The only problem…

United Nations officials will travel to North Korea next month in what they say is a bid to avoid famine and mass starvation in the country. World Food Program representatives will meet government officials and visit regions affected by floods…

04:32 p.m. Feb 25, 1997 EST UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (Reuter) - U.N. Security Council members on Tuesday demanded Afghanistan's purist Taleban leaders immediately release two French aid workers arrested after they sought safety in U.N. headquarters. The 15-member body…

by Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) - Warning that North Korea faces the likelihood of mass starvation, a high-ranking U.N. official is undertaking a field trip to draw attention to the ongoing food crisis in the Asian…

Catherine Bertini, the executive director of the World Food Programme, will travel to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea March 15, to meet with officials there and assess WFP emergency food distribution activities. During her four-day visit, Bertini intends to travel…

Political negotiations The Technical Working Group, made up of representatives from the Northern Alliance and the Taliban, yesterday em-barked on a second round of discussions in Islamabad. The aim of the working group, which itself has no decision-making powers, is…