Reports

Briefer: Jennifer Pagonis - Media Relations This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Further information can be found on the UNHCR website, www.unhcr.ch, which should also be…

Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) The CAP is much more than an appeal for money. It is an inclusive and coordinated programme cycle of: a) strategic planning leading to a Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP); b) resource mobilisation; c) coordinated programme…

Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) The CAP is much more than an appeal for money. It is an inclusive and coordinated programme cycle of: a) strategic planning leading to a Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP); b) resource mobilisation; c) coordinated programme…

I. SECURITYGENERAL SITUATION April was a bad month for the security of displaced people in the northern districts of Gulu, Kitgum, Pader and Lira. There were numerous killings and abductions, and the humanitarian situation seemed bleak as…

By Bernard Ntwari in Cishemeye, Burundi CISHEMEYE TRANSIT CAMP, Burundi (UNHCR) - Francoise, an 18-year-old Congolese refugee, coos over the baby girl she holds in her lap. "I love my baby very much," she tells a visitor. The unusual clarification is…

HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 1 UNICEF: Demobilization of child soldiers With the support of UNICEF, the national structure for child soldiers DDR facilitated the demobilization of 531 child soldiers as of 18 March and since the first official demobilization at the end of…

AI INDEX: AFR 16/008/2004 The Government of Burundi and the international community should take urgent action to stop widespread sexual violence, including rape, against women in Burundi, Amnesty International urged today in a new report entitled Burundi: Rape - the hidden…

AI INDEX: AFR 16/006/2004 I INTRODUCTION "Is rape increasing? I was raped in 1993, and again in 1995. I haven't been raped this year. How do I know if it is increasing" (rape victim speaking to Amnesty International…