Reports

BANGUI, 24 June (IRIN) - A local Roman Catholic NGO, Caritas Centrafrique, has opened a bank to make loans to farmers in the southwestern Central African Republican (CAR) province of Lobaye to help them attain food self-sufficiency. The secretary-general of…

BANGUI, 23 Jun 2003 (IRIN) - The Central African Republic (CAR) government has submitted to a visiting UN delegation the outline of a three-year emergency reconstruction programme worth 80 billion francs CFA (US $133.86 million) it wants funded. Of this,…

BANGUI, 23 June (IRIN) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, in the Central African Republic (CAR) has registered 1,300 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for repatriation, an official said told IRIN on Saturday. "DRC authorities will…

BANGUI, 23 Jun 2003 (IRIN) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, in the Central African Republic (CAR) has registered 1,300 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for repatriation, an official said told IRIN on Saturday. "DRC authorities…

S/2003/661 Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic and activities of the United Nations Peace-building Support Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA) I. Introduction 1. This report is submitted pursuant to the request of the Security…

BANGUI, 20 June (IRIN) - About 27.5 percent of children in the Central African Republic (CAR) are not legally registered at birth, which prevents them from having access to schooling and other community services, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)…

BANGUI, 19 June (IRIN) - In an effort to appease tensions between the Central African Republic (CAR) and neighbouring Chad, the regional Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States (CEMAC) decided in November 2002 to send a 350-strong…

BANGUI, 19 June (IRIN) - Consultations are at an advanced stage between the UN Peace-building Office in the Central African Republic (CAR), known as BONUCA, and the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) on how…

BANGUI, 18 June (IRIN) - Mothers and children in war-affected northern Central African Republic (CAR) urgently need humanitarian aid, the head of an inter-agency UN Mission that toured the region from 11-14 June told IRIN. The official, Adam Ahmat, who…

Kris Janowski - 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 checked…