Reports

UNITED=A0NATIONS 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 IRIN Update No. 409 for Central and Eastern Africa (Tuesday 5 May 1998) RWANDA: Lack of will delayed…

(Richard McCall's 5/5 remarks to House subcommittee) (4410) WASHINGTON -- A major lesson learned from the Great Lakes crisis in sub-Saharan Africa is that "humanitarian intervention cannot be separated from the political, military, and economic interventions of the international community." Richard McCall,…

Testimony of JEFF DRUMTRA Africa Policy Analyst U.S. COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES before the SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MAY 5, 1998 Background of USCR I am Jeff Drumtra, Africa Policy Analyst for the U.S. Committee for Refugees. Thank…

Communiqué de Presse IHA/657 New York, 4 mai -- Bureau du Coordinateur des secours d'urgence -- Le Secrétaire général adjoint aux affaires humanitaires et Coordinateur des secours d'urgence se réjouit de l'accord conclu hier à Khartoum avec le gouvernement du…

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - 4 May 1998 - The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator welcomes the agreement reached yesterday in Khartoum with the Government of Sudan to permit Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) to…

Press Release SG/SM/6545 AFR/54 The following statement, concerning an article on Rwanda in the current issue of The New Yorker, was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan: Philip Gourevitch's article on Rwanda in the current issue of The New…

Press Release SG/SM/6547 The SECRETARY-GENERAL: I am grateful to President Moi and to the Kenyan Government for their generous hospitality and for what they are doing to facilitate the work of the United Nations. Bilaterally, I have had talks with President Moi…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires IRIN - Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org IRIN : Bulletin quotidien no 408 d'information sur l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est (du vendredi…

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 IRIN Update No. 408 for Central and Eastern Africa (Friday-Monday 1-4 May 1998) SUDAN: Peace talks…

A United Nations official has welcomed permission by Sudan for four more U-N transport planes to fly relief supplies for thousands of starving people in the south of the country. The government in Khartoum says it will co-operate in transporting…