Reports

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No. 13 on Eastern Zaire (8 November 1996) A caravan of an estimated 175,000 refugees who last week dispersed from Kahindo and…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No. 14 on Eastern Zaire (8 November 1996) Heavy artillery fire west of Goma town has been reported by AFP this afternoon,…

PART I - HIGHLIGHTS (Details below in Part II) A. EAST AFRICA: REGIONAL OPERATION FOR BURUNDI, RWANDA, ZAIRE AND TANZANIA 2. Burundi a) Some 10,500 Burundians from refugee camps in Uvira area registered by 4 November; an additional 20,000 unregistered returnees in dire…

Assisted by the Governments of Belgium and the Netherlands, the World Food Programme will begin an airlift of high protein biscuit that will be prepositioned in Uganda for eventual distribution in eastern Zaire. A total of 100 tons will be…

PART I - HIGHLIGHTS (Details below in Part II) A. EAST AFRICA: REGIONAL OPERATION FOR BURUNDI, RWANDA, ZAIRE AND TANZANIA 3. Rwanda a) Cross border fighting affects Gisenyi and Cyangugu. b) Some 2,900 returnees arrive from Eastern Zaire last week, along with 5,000 Zairian…

Red Cross Action The Red Cross is preparing for what seems likely to become a huge humanitarian relief operation, once access to the refugees and displaced Zairians is secured. Preparations are taking place in all the countries surrounding Zaire, while assistance…

Numbers of displaced people surpass 1994 totals AKRON, Pa. -- Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is appealing for 50,000 blankets by Christmas. The blankets will go to eastern Zaire where more than 1 million people -- Rwandan and Burundian refugees as well…

Eighteen prominent US relief agencies today issued a statement calling on the US government to take immediate action before tens of thousands of people die in eastern Zaire. Here is the full text of the statement and the agencies…

SG/SM/6104 8 November 1996 Citing Pressing Need, Says Force Should Be Formed By Member States, under Authority of Security Council The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali: The Secretary-General has been profoundly disturbed…

PR/GVA/96/39 An Italian DC10 military aircraft loaded with emergency relief supplies donated by the Government of Italy to UNICEF and its NGO partners arrived in Kigali this morning, Friday, 8 November. The relief cargo, which includes medical kits, tents, plastic…