Bosnia and Herzegovina + 3 others
UN GA - PM Slovenia says civilian population main and very often only target in conflicts

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General Assembly Plenary - Extract from Press Release GA/9460 22nd Meeting (PM) 30 September 1998
JANEZ DRNOVSEK, Prime Minister of Slovenia, said that from the Balkans to Central Africa and Central Asia, a particular type of warfare seemed to be prevailing in all the conflicts: the civilian population was the main and very often also the only target. Violations of human rights and of international humanitarian law and the most horrible atrocities were becoming the usual consequences of those conflicts. The international community must act with unity and determination

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16 Apr 1998

Slovenia
Slovenia Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 1

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Ref: OCHAGVA - 98/0188
GENERAL INFORMATION

1. SOME 700 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LEFT HOMELESS AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 5.5 ON THE RICHTER SCALE WHICH SHOOK NORTHWEST SLOVENIA ON SUNDAY 12 APRIL 1998 AT 12:55 L.T.

2. THE EPICENTRE OF THE EARTHQUAKE, ALSO FELT IN NEIGHBOURING ITALY, CROATIA AND AUSTRIA, WAS IN THE KOBARID AND BOVEC REGIONS, SOME 75 KM FROM LJUBLJANA. THE SLOVENE NATIONAL GEOPHYSICS INSTITUTE REPORTED THAT MORE THAN 150 AFTERSHOCKS HAD BEEN REGISTERED SINCE THE MAIN EVENT ON 12 APRIL, THE TWO STRONGEST MEASURING 3.3 ON THE RICHTER SCALE.

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