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Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org) Wed, 25 Nov 1998 11:13:16 -0500 Azerbaijan has made personnel and legislative changes in an effort to improve the Transcaucasian nation's ability to accommodate...

N=BA comunicado: IFAD/98/52 Roma, 25 de noviembre de 1998 - El Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA) y la Rep=FAblica de El Salvador han firmado en el día de hoy un contrato de préstamo...

Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic on 24 November replaced General Momcilo Perisic with General Dragoljub Ojdanic as army chief of staff, Tanjug reported. Perisic has repeatedly refused to take...

I. HIGHLIGHTS * An abnormal increase in the American Boll Worm was observed over newly forming sorghum in parts of Gebiley, Borama and Dilla districts of Somaliland during the first week of October...

Release No: IFAD/98/52 Rome, 25 November 1998 - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Republic of El Salvador have signed today a USD 18 million loan agreement to help...

The Democratic League of Kosova, which is the leading ethnic Albanian political party in the province, said in a statement in Prishtina on 24 November that Serbian paramilitary police have recently...

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background: On October 24 Atlantic Tropical Storm Mitch was upgraded...

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires IRIN - Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU...

Hurricane Mitch The following InterAction members have reported that they are accepting contributions for assistance they or their local affiliates are providing to victims of Hurricane Mitch. For...

By Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The Security Council late on Tuesday "fully supported" the work of U.N. weapons inspectors but failed to admonish Iraq for preventing them from...

(prepared by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Bujumbura, Burundi) General Secretary General, Security Council issue statements on Rutovu massacre. In a statement released on...

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Adopted by the Security Council at its 3946th meeting, on 24 November 1998 The Security Council, Recalling its previous relevant resolutions and in particular its resolutions 986 (1995) of 14 April...

The head of the United Nations refugee agency and high-ranking officials from West Africa met in Geneva on Tuesday to discuss ways of bringing peace and stability to the conflict-torn region in...

Press Release SC/6600 BEGINNING ON 26 NOVEMBER The Security Council this afternoon decided to extend the programme of humanitarian assistance to Iraq known as "oil-for-food" for a period of 180 days...

The Disaster Over a period of seventy-two hours (from the 19 - 22 November), the 12 central and southern provinces of Vietnam have been hit by Tropical Storm 'Dawn' (which followed in the path of...

17-23 November 1998 Security Following recent reports of looting of food, non-food items and ration cards from households in Wau, an Emergency Response team, comprised of representatives from WFP,...

DISASTER SITUATION REPORT TO UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE prepared by: UNDP/MARD - DISASTER MANAGEMENT UNIT, VIE/97/002 24 November 1998, 11:30 AM Summary of Current Disaster Conditions in Vietnam 1...

Press Release SG/SM/6804 REF/1163 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General strongly supports the appeal today of the United...