Afghanistan
DATE=10/2/96 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-34541 TITLE=U-N / AFGHANISTAN BYLINEÚUD MAJLIS DATELINE=WASHINGTON CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: A SENIOR U-N OFFICIAL SAYS IN VIEW OF RECENT MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN, IT IS ALL THE MORE NECESSARY THAT THE UNITED NATIONS SHOULD PLAY A POLITICAL ROLE IN HELPING THE DIFFERENT FACTIONS…
Afghanistan
DATE=10/2/96 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-34542 TITLE=KABUL SCENE BYLINE=DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN DATELINE=KABUL CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE ANCIENT CITY OF KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, HAS EXPERIENCED MANY INVASIONS -- FROM ANICENT MONGOL TRIBES TO THE RUSSIANS. KABUL WAS RECENTLY CAPTURED BY AFGHANISTAN'S TALEBAN FACTION -- WHICH FOLLOWS STRICT ISLAMIC LAW. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT…
Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN : ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME appeal no. 01.19/96 Information Bulletin No. 01 Latest Events The take-over of Kabul by Taliban forces on 27 September brought almost no interruption to Afghan Red Crescent (ARCS)/Federation services in the Afghan capital. Their services in the…
Cambodia
The disaster In the last ten days of September, heavy rainfall produced by two storms in China, Laos and the north-east of Cambodia caused a rapid and extraordinary rise in the level of the Mekong River. The result was widespread…
Cambodia
Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0401 APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE 1. FOLLOWING SEVERE FLOODING IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PROVINCES, THE GOVERNMENT OF CAMBODIA IS APPEALING FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE. SITUATION 2. STORMS MOVING FROM CHINA TO LAOS AND VIETNAM HAVE CAUSED HEAVY RAINS IN…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Advance No. 226435-0 Flood and Famine In the summer of 1995 North Korea experienced the worst rainfall and flooding in the past century. In July and August, torrential rains fell on the agricultural areas of the country triggering massive flooding…
Afghanistan
DATE=9/30/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-203921 TITLE=U-S/AFGHAN (S ONLY) BYLINE=VICTOR BEATTIE DATELINE=WASHINGTON CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE UNITED STATES HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN SENDING U-S DIPLOMATS TO KABUL TO MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE NEW TALEBAN ADMINISTRATION WHICH HAS CONTROL OF MOST OF AFGHANISTAN. V-O-A'S VICTOR BEATTIE REPORTS WASHINGTON VIEWS…
Afghanistan
BY LAWRENCE FREEDMAN ANY regime which publicly hangs the body of a former president and imposes stern Islamic law is likely to ring international alarm bells, yet the seizure of Kabul by Taleban is also being greeted with some…
Afghanistan
The World Food Programme, taking advantage of the fact that all main roads into Kabul are open for the first time in three years, is moving as much food as possible into the Afghan capital in case an emergency…
Afghanistan
Index:IntroductionMine ClearanceVoluntary RepatriationFood AidAgricultureHealthWater and SanitationEmergency Rehabilitation of Physical InfrastructureSocial ProgrammesCoordination and Relief Management Support INTRODUCTION The Consolidated Appeal (1994-1995) The Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal covering the period from October 1994 to September 1995 requested a total of US$ 106.4…
