Reports

The Security Council on Tuesday condemned the downing of two United Nations-chartered aircraft and deplored the loss, under suspicious circumstances, of other commercial aircraft in Angola. Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council demanded that all…

(Joint ACT International & Caritas Internationalis Appeal) Geneva, 12 January 1999 Dear Colleagues, Since May 1998, Church Ecumenical Action in Sudan (CEAS) and the Lutheran World Federation/Department of World Service (LWF/DWS) has responded to the famine crisis in Bahr el Ghazal with…

Prior to the holiday season, ACT members in Nairobi met and exchanged information on the situation in Somalia. At that time there were clear indications that there was a severe drought in Somalia as a result of the adverse…

By Luke Baker LUANDA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Angola's humanitarian situation will deteriorate rapidly if food and medicine flights, suspended after two U.N.-chartered planes were shot down, are not resumed soon, aid workers said on Tuesday. All United Nations flights were…

With only three days left before a cease-fire agreement in southern Sudan expires, the head of the United Nations World Food Programme warned today that a continued cessation of hostilities was of paramount importance to avoid a repeat of…

By Anthony Goodman UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11 (Reuters) - A resolution circulated in the Security Council late on Monday would condemn the recent shooting down of two U.N.-chartered planes over territory controlled by Angola's UNITA rebels and would blame their…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org BURUNDI: Regional summit to discuss Burundi Regional leaders are due to meet in Arusha, Tanzania on 23 January…

IP/99/12 Brussels, 11 January 1999 - The European Commission has approved funding for humanitarian aid projects in the following countries : Ethiopia/Eritrea (3.98 million euro); Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Kosovo (2 million euro); Former Yugoslavia (1.5 million euro); India/Nepal (1.407 million euro);…

A two-day high-level meeting on Burundi began on Monday at United Nations Headquarters in New York. UN Spokesman Fred Eckhard said participants were expected to discuss resource requirements for negotiations -- known as the Arusha Peace Process -- to end…

4 January 1999 - 10 January 1999 1. HIGHLIGHTS The Government of Sudan has announcedthat El-Obeid airport is scheduled to be closed to all operations from 9 to 17 January for runway repairs. The airport has been regularly closed for 3…