Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0269 1. ACCORDING TO THE UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA DAMAGE ASSESSMENT CONTINUES WITH DIFFICULTY IN SOME AFFECTED AREAS DUE TO DAMAGED ROADS AND BRIDGES...
From Ghion Hagos; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - South African vice president Thabo Mbeki Tuesday reiterated his government's full support for the OAU stand on Burundi where...
AI Index: EUR 46/35/96 CHECHEN REPUBLIC - RUSSIAN FEDERATION Aslanbek GASSAYEV, fire fighter Umakh MOGAMEDOV, lawyer NAGAYEV (first name unknown) 15 other "disappeared" men, names unknown 2 victims...
Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0269 1. UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS THAT RAINS STILL PERSIST PREVENTING FLOODED AREAS FROM RETURNING TO NORMAL. 2. APPROXIMATELY 35,500 AFFECTED PERSONS CONTINUE TO BE...
GROZNY, AUGUST 6, RIA NOVOSTI CORRESPONDENT VASILY DYACHKOV As the RIA Novosti correspondent has been told at the Chechen Interior Ministry, about 400 separatist fighters entered Grozny this night...
U N I T E D N A T I O N S Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org INTRODUCTION This week the UNHCR...
An African sanctions initiative against Burundi's new Tutsi military-controlled government gathered pace as Kenya joined Tanzania in suspending all trade links with the ethnically riven, landlocked...
HR/96/40 José Ayala-Lasso Recommends Increase in Number of Observers to Contribute to Stabilization High Commissioner for Human Rights José Ayala Lasso has launched an appeal for contributions from...
MOSCOW (Reuter) - A senior Russian official said on Tuesday no further peace talks were possible with Chechen rebel leader Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev and his military commander Aslan Maskhadov who had...
DATE=8/6/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201343 TITLE=U-N / BURUNDI (L ONLY) BYLINE=DOUGLAS ROBERTS DATELINE=GENEVA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE TOP U-N HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL HAS CALLED FOR...
DATE=8/6/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201335 TITLE=BURUNDI SANCTIONS (S) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: KENYA HAS JOINED TANZANIA BY IMPOSING ECONOMIC...
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Prime Minister Pascal Firmin Ndimira on Tuesday appealed to Burundians to avoid panic over sanctions imposed on the country and human-rights group Amnesty International...
GROZNY, Russia (Reuter) - Rebels stormed into Grozny and two other towns in breakaway Chechnya early on Tuesday in their biggest offensive in five months against Russian troops they view as an...
The Central Organ of the OAU Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution, met at Ambassadorial level on 5 August 1996, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2. The meeting considered the Report...
BUJUMBURA, Burundi(Reuter) - Human rights group Amnesty International has accused Burundi's Tutsi-led army of killing more than 200 Hutu civilians since seizing power in a coup just under two weeks...
DATE=8/6/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201337 TITLE=AMNESTY / BURUNDI (S ONLY) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NARIOBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL...
UN Consolidated Fund Raising Document for the Great Lakes Region Compiled by: United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs (Financial Tracking Service), Geneva, on the basis of information...
By Stephen Buckley A son of Somali factional leader Mohamed Farah Aideed was named today to replace his father, who died last week, and to continue trying to subdue rival factions. Hussein Mohamed...
Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0270 REPATRIATION TO RWANDA In the month of July, UNHCR reports that there were 2,672 returnees, of which 1,033 were old caseload and 1,639 were new caseload. This is the lowest...
(excerpt) This is the first in a series of updates that will be published at six week intervals between full RNIS reports, which will now be published every three months. The update is based on...