Reports

Volume III, Issue 11, 17 July 1997 Increased UNITA attacks fuel fears of renewed war Attacks by UNITA have increased dramatically in recent weeks, leading to hundreds of people fleeing for the shelter of Government-held towns. This is being read as a…

Anxiety is rising over the current outbreak of fighting in the northeast between government troops and the former insurgent UNITA (Union for the Total Independence of Angola), said to be the most serious breach yet of the 1994 Lusaka peace…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last Situation Report was issued February 28, 1997. BACKGROUND After 20 years of civil war, the Government of the Republic of Angola (GRA) and…

UNDP FLASH! An ambitious $26 million UN-system programme to clear mines leftover from decades of civil war in Angola was recently launched by UNDP and is being executed by the UN Office for Project Services. The programme, which involves several NGOs,…

Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) East Africa: Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda B) Central Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo C) Sudan D) Angola E) Mozambique F) Laos From J.-M. Boucher, Chief, Programming Service.…

Through 6 July, IOM had provided return and resettlement assistance to 19,238 demobilized soldiers (DS), mainly from NITA, and 32,398 accompanying dependants. Operations have been conducted out of 12 Selection and Demobilization Centres (SDC) with beneficiaries assisted in returning to…

(Excerpt) Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) Democratic People's Republic of Korea B) West Africa: Angola, Sierra Leone, Benin C) East Africa: Somalia, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda D) Central Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of…

There are signs that the peace process has ended, and both Government and UNITA have resolved to seek a military solution to the conflict. People speak of forced recruitment of young people in both UNITA…

S/RES/1118 (1997) </b> 30 June 1997 RESOLUTION 1118 (1997) Adopted by the Security Council…

SC/6390 The Security Council this morning decided to establish, as of 1 July, the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) to assist the Angolan parties in consolidating peace and national reconciliation, enhancing confidence-building and creating an environment…