This issue covers a wide range of humanitarian issues. Articles offered in this publication include a piece on accepting the UN's limitations, a look at whether or not campaigns for anti-personnel mines are making progress and information regarding Bernard Kouchner's conflict prevention initiative. Other articles here cover such topics as strategies for aid media agencies in the news coverage of humanitarian emergencies, NGOs attending the Forum Global, the relief development continuum - what does the upsurge of interest mean?

Updates on Angola, Liberia, Somalia,

DHA-GENEVA 94/0296
ALGERIA - EARTHQUAKE
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO.1
18 AUGUST 1994

1. ACCORDING TO UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR/DHA REPRESENTATIVE A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE STRUCK WESTERN ALGERIA EARLY THIS MORNING. HE WILL PROVIDE FURTHER UPDATES ON SITUATION AND POSSIBLE RELIEF NEEDS.

2. PRELIMINARY FIGURES REPORTED BY ALGERIAN RADIO ON IMPACT ARE OVER 80 KILLED, OVER 250 INJURED AND HEAVY DAMAGE IN MASCARA REGION, 300 KM WEST OF ALGIERS.

3. THE GOVERNMENT HAS SO FAR NOT REQUESTED INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS

DHA-GENEVA 94/0292
MONGOLIA - FLASH FLOODS
DHA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
12 AUGUST 1994

1. THE PERMANENT MISSION OF MONGOLIA IN GENEVA INFORMED DHA-GENEVA OF MAJOR FLASH FLOODS IN ULAN BAATOR.

2. ON 10 AUGUST, FLASH FLOODS HIT 3 DISTRICTS IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF ULAN BAATOR. NUMEROUS HOUSES AND TRADITIONAL TENTS DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO ROADS AND BRIDGES. SHOPPING DISTRICTS INUNDATED. PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE 5 DEATHS.

DHA-GENEVA 94/0290
CAMBODIA - FLOODS
DHA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
5 AUGUST 1994

1. CENTRAL PROVINCES HAVE BEEN HIT BY FLOODS MAKING SOME 12,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS. WATER LEVEL ALREADY RECEDING AND PEOPLE ARE RETURNING HOME.

2. NATIONAL RED CROSS AND GOVERNMENT HAVE FORMED AN AD HOC WORKING GROUP WITH UN AGENCIES, NGOS AND BILATERAL DONORS.

3. EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN MOBILIZED BY THE WFP AND RED CROSS. FAO HAS CONTRIBUTED RICE AND DRIED FISH, UNHCR 2,000 PLASTIC SHEETS, WHO MEDICAL KITS AND OTHER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.