Table of Contents

Executive Summary
1. Introduction
2. Strategy and Priorities
3. Coordination in Transition
4. Emergency Relief and Resettlement

Across the country, relief organisations are encouraging Government and UNITA representatives to adopt measures to improve overland access and the free circulation of persons and goods. As Angola s war-weary population prepares to return to their communities in the countryside, humanitarian organisations continue preparations to support the rehabilitation of basic social services, such as health. On

1. DUE TO EXTREMELY DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS THE STEPPE AND FOREST FIRE SITUATION IN MONGOLIA HAS REACHED VERY SERIOUS PROPORTIONS. FROM 10 APRIL, WARM WEATHER PREVAILED THROUGHOUT MONGOLIA WITH STRONG WIND VELOCITY. AS A CONSEQUENCE, THE FIRES WHICH HAD STARTED END OF FEBRUARY SPREAD RELATIVELY QUICKLY OVER VAST AREAS OF THE COUNTRY.

2. AS OF 25 APRIL, MORE THAN 130 FIRES HAD BROKEN OUT IN 12 PROVINCES, WHICH ARE HOME TO SOME 371,400 PEOPLE OR 16.6 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION AND 5.7 MILLION HEADS OF LIVESTOCK

The escalation of violence in Burundi continued as the political divide over the appropriate response deepened. The FRODEBU parliamentary group issued a statement on 16 April (available from IRIN) in which it condemned massacres by both the rebels and the national armed forces. It also insisted on the need for negotiations between

1. THE GOVERNMENT OF MONGOLIA HAS ISSUED AN APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR FIGHTING THE HUGE SPRING FIRE AND PROVIDING RELIEF TO THE VICTIMS.

2. FOREST AND STEPPE FIRES WHICH STARTED LATE FEBRUARY AND RAPIDLY SPREAD INTO A LARGE AREA OF NORTHERN HALF OF MONGOLIA HAVE NOW BURNT 3 MILLION HA OF FOREST AND 5 MILLION HA OF PASTURELAND. 5 PERSONS ARE DEAD, 16 SERIOULY INJURED. MORE THAN 300 PERSONS HAVE BEEN LEFT HOMELESS.

3. MORE THAN 4,000 PERSONS HAVE

''The Ethiopian government and people held no ill-feelings towards the Sudanese people,'' Meles said in a speech to parliament...Tuesday.

'But one basic fact the Islamist-backed government in Khartoum should recognise is...much as Ethiopia does not want to interfere and create discord with Sudan, Ethiopia will not hesitate to respond in kind to any hostile moves directed against it,'' he said.

Relations between the two neighbours