Informes

KEY ISSUES OF CONCERN Security Council passes resolution over Darfur The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on 30 July 2004 paving the way for action against the Sudanese government in 30 days if it does not make progress on…

New York, Jul 30 2004 5:00PM - The United Nations refugee agency announced today that a just-completed ground-breaking study indicates there may be hidden water sources under eastern Chad, a potential solution to the serious water shortages in an…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Jennifer Pagonis - to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 30 July 2004, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR's operation in…

ABECHE, Chad, July 30 (UNHCR) - As UNHCR completes the relocation of Sudanese refugees from several major border sites in eastern Chad, the agency and its partners are testing out a groundbreaking way to find scarce water for the…

As the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of western Sudan continues to make headlines, MCC is preparing a shipment of milk powder and relief supplies to be sent to Chad, where tens of thousands of Darfur residents have…

(Extract) REFUGEE NEWS BRIEFINGS VENEZUELA: WHAT WE HOPE FOR FROM THE BORDER Some weeks ago, various families from Puerto Lleras, a village situated by the Colombian river Arauca, sought refuge in Las Palmas hacienda, an area near to El Nula, in Páez…

The influx of almost 200,000 refugees into eastern Chad has stretched humanitarian resources to the limit and there is a need for the donor community to back the scaling up of operations there, the International Federation of Red Cross…

Almost 10,000 people received relief items during World Vision's first distribution in a refugee camp in Chad. The distribution, which commenced on 12 July, covered 2,161 families who fled Sudan to the Bahai region, five kilometres from the north-eastern…

by Gauthier Lefèvre in eastern Chad At six o'clock in the morning, a group gathers outside the International Rescue Committee (IRC) medical centre in Oure Cassoni refugee camp. Women in colourful dresses, old men in desert-stained white tunics, and children…

Your Excellency, As the Security Council continues to discuss the desperate situation in Darfur, we wish to express our concerns on the latest draft resolution, circulated by the United States on July 27, 2004, and to share with you recent…