DHA/UNDRO 92/0798

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN
8 DECEMBER 1992

A. INTRODUCTION

1. IN RESPONSE TO INCREASINGLY ALARMING REPORTS CONCERNING THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN ARMENIA AND IN AZERBAIJAN, MISSIONS HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED BY AGENCIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM IN ORDER TO OBTAIN FIRST HAND INFORMATION ON THE SITUATION IN THESE TWO COUNTRIES. THE MISSIONS HAVE CONFIRMED THE NEED FOR THE IMMEDIATE LAUNCHING OF AN EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAMME. AT THE SAME TIME, THE