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UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for the Great Lakes Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No. 142 on the Great Lakes (Thursday 3 April 1997) - Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko yesterday approved by…

DATE=3/4/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-210868 TITLE=ZAIRE REFUGEES (L-ONLY) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=MUKINGITI, ZAIRE CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: SOME OF THE REFUGEES LEAVING THE TINGI-TINGI CAMP IN EASTERN ZAIRE ARE STARTING TO WALK BACK TO RWANDA. AS V-O-A'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS ZAIREAN REBELS TOOK CONTROL OF THE CAMP SATURDAY. TEXT: THE…

Report #29 </b> Contact: David Shorr (202) 828-0110 INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST BRING PRESSURE "There is no longer any excuse for failing to provide the refugees in eastern Zaire immediately with the assistance they need to survive at the end of…

EASTERN ZAIRE UPDATE: CARE's STRATEGY IN EASTERN ZAIRE Three years of social upheaval in Eastern Zaire has left many communities struggling to recover and return to…

ZAIRE-HUMAN RIGHTS: By Gustavo Capdevila GENEVA, Apr 2 (IPS) - U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Zaire Roberto Garreton said Wednesday that ''in certain cases the existence of massacres and common graves'' was undoubtable in territory occupied…

British Royal Marine commandos have landed in Brazzaville for a possible evacuation of 250 British and Commonwealth nationals from Zaire. The British Defence Ministry says the 60 marines arrived aboard an American Air Force transport plane and are preparing specialised hovercraft…

Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/1997/6/Add.2 2 April 1997 ENGLISH Original: SPANISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-third session Item 10 of the provisional agenda QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO COLONIAL AND OTHER…

(Excerpt from:) Press Release HR/CN/784 United States Representative Says Commission Should Scrutinize Records of Number of Countries (Reproduced as received.) GENEVA, 1 April (UN Information Service) -- Sadako Ogata, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), this morning appealed to…

Lionel Williams PANA Correspondent JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (PANA) The first face-to-face peace talks between representatives of the Zairean Government and the country's guerrilla movement is now tentatively scheduled for Saturday in Cape Town, South Africa. Confirming this Monday in Johannesburg, a United…

NATIONS UNIES Departement des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN: Bulletin quotidien no 141 d'informations sur la region des Grands Lacs (mercredi 2 avril 97) * Les rapatriements de refugies rwandais de l'est…