TEXT: OFFICIALS OF THE U-N

Zambia's commissioner of refugees in the home affairs ministry, Lameck Mwaba, was quoted Friday by the government-owned Times of Zambia newspaper as saying that the refugees had been forced to trek into Zambia following escalating violence and increased insecurity in eastern Zaire.

In spite of the fact that the night was calm, the security situation has worsened in the last few hours. Heavy fighting is again reported in and around Goma town, including cross-border fighting at the Gisenyi-Goma border. It has been reported that Interhamwe, ex-Forces Armees Rwandaises (FAR) soldiers and tribal warriors (May-May) are in the town of Goma. The airport area is reported to be highly insecure, but still under the control of the Zairian army.

Evacuation of UN and NGO staff is being attempted.

BUKAVU:

WASHINGTON -- The Kenyan government has called for an international conference -- backed by the United Nations -- to convene November 5 in Nairobi to discuss the Rwanda-Zaire crisis and the United States supports such a move.

Nicholas Burns, the U.S. State Department spokesman, made that point to reporters November 1 at the department's regular briefing, while acknowledging that the situation surrounding the crisis is "terribly complex and confusing."

Statement Stresses Humanitarian Needs, Urges Robust Relief Effort from United Nations Agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations

Expressing grave concern at the deteriorating situation in the Great Lakes region of Africa, in particular in eastern Zaire, the Security Council this afternoon called for an immediate cease-fire and a complete cessation of all fighting in the region.

In a statement read out on its behalf

Floribert Chebeya Bahizire, human rights activist
Harouna Mbongo, human rights activist
Bashi Nabukili, human rights activist

Members of the Tutsi ethnic group

Three human rights activists in the Zairian capital, Kinshasa, are reported to have been arrested in recent days by the Zairian authorities because they were inquiring about human rights abuses against members of the Tutsi ethnic group. One of the activists, Floribert Chebeya Bahizire, is the President of a human rights group La

30 October 1996: Alert message by MCDU to donor countries Indicating that WFP requests on stand-by: airport ground handling for Goma, airlift capacity, 2 helicopters, reconnaissance teams, and a security element

2. Requests for assistance by UN agencies:

UNICEF:

C. AFGHANISTAN

1. Update (information as of 30 October)

a) Fighting near Kabul continues, with aerial bombing of the capital and north of the city.

b) Temporary WFP suspension of food shipments