Reports

Press Release SC/6697 - 19990708 Deputy Secretary-General Addresses Council; Emphasis Placed on Need To Resolve Problem of Child Soldiers In the future, the Security Council should make the needs of child soldiers a central concern when it considered…

ANGOLA: Fowler upbeat on sanctions The Chairman of the UN Sanctions Committee on Angola Robert Fowler has held a series of "upbeat" meetings in Britain this week with government officials and the diamond giant De Beers, sources told IRIN. At…

JOHANNESBURG, 6 July (IRIN) - The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has declared 8 July as a day of action to highlight the worsening situation under which Angolan journalists operate. A researcher at the media rights watch dog told IRIN…

SADC: Free trade closer Only a few key issues remain to be resolved before the finalisation of a Southern African Development Community (SADC) free trade area, first agreed in 1996. Kaire Mbuende, SADC executive secretary, told Reuters on Tuesday that…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tél: +254 2 622 147 Télécopie: +254 2 622 129 Adresse électronique: irin@ocha.unon.org RéPUBLIQUE DéMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO: Un accord de paix semble à portée de main Les…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Peace deal said to be within reach The parties to the DRC…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa Tel: +27 11 880 4633 Fax: +27 11 880 1421 e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za SOUTH AFRICA: Peacekeepers for DRC South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday that South African…

NAÇÕES UNIDAS UNIDADE DE COORDENAÇÃO PARA A ASSISTÊNCIA HUMANITÁRIA (UCAH) UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE COORDINATION UNIT (UCAH) Telefone: (244-2) 344321/348205/341072 Fax : (244-2) 342710 Fax: (1-212) 963-3011 (Ext.4523) Fax: (1-212) 963-3011 (Ext. 4523) Av.Comandante…

LUANDA (July 1) XINHUA - Angolan army Thursday recovered Mbazi, a strategic position outside the central highland city Huambo, putting an end to the constant shelling of the city by the opposition National Union for the Total Independence of…

LUANDA (July 1) XINHUA - The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed its concern over the polio situation in Angola. Luis Sambo, WHO regional chief for Africa, said in Luanda that Angola is one of the five countries with great…