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DATE=11/13/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-222593 TITLE=ANGOLA/SUMMIT (L) BYLINE=ALEX BELIDA DATELINE=JOHANNESBURG CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: JONAS SAVIMBI, THE LEADER OF ANGOLA'S FORMER REBEL MOVEMENT "UNITA," HAS REPORTEDLY AGREED TO A LONG-AWAITED MEETING WITH ANGOLAN PRESIDENT JOSE EDUARDO DOS SANTOS. THE SUMMIT IS TO TAKE PLACE IN LUANDA BEFORE THE…

NEW YORK, (PANA) - The United Nations Human Rights Committee has lambasted six nations, two of them in Africa, for their poor human rights records. A statement released at the U.N. headquarters in New York Thursday said the committee, sitting…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for the Great Lakes Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org [The weekly roundup is based on IRIN daily updates and other relevant information from UN agencies, NGOs, governments, donors and the…

ICRC NEWS 45 SHORT MENU... RWANDA: HELPING THE VULNERABLE HELP THEMSELVES: The need is simple but pressing: seeds and a hoe. For some of the poorest people in Rwanda, the rudimentary means to grow their own food spells the difference between…

SITUATION Hundreds of thousands of people in Somalia and Ethiopia have been affected by two weeks of torrential downpours. In some places, two thirds of the seasonal rain ("Deyr") fell in less than 24 hours and, during the last weeks…

By Mark Dodd DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - At least 448 people have died and more than 150,000 have been displaced as a result of "catastrophic" floods in southern Somalia, senior aid agency officials say. Entire food stocks, normally stored underground by…

A weekly report on major developments concerning relief operations in southern Sudan FLIGHT CLEARANCE LIST FOR NOVEMBER... The Government of Sudan has approved the November flight clearance lists for Lokichokio-based flights into southern Sudan with the following exceptions: -Ajiep, Akak, Theik Thou,…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - As floods devasted human life and property in Somalia, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) on Thursday launched a strong internation appeal for humanitarian assistance to the population in the Horn of Africa state. The appeal is…

ICRC NEWS 45 ** SHORT MENU.... SOMALIA/ETHIOPIA: FLOOD VICTIMS NEED URGENT HELP: The ICRC has this week launched an emergency relief operation for the victims of flooding in Somalia brought about by torrential rains that have caused the Shabele and…

A/52/486/Add.1/Rev.1 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Fifty-second session Agenda item 112 (c) HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION AND REPORTS OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS AND REPRESENTATIVES Note by the Secretary-General Addendum The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the members of the General Assembly an…