Informes

AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD IN NAIROBI, KENYA, FROM NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 2 1996, CONVENED BY ACTIONAID AND SUPPORTED BY A GRANT BY CHARITY PROJECTSConference Objective The overall objective of the Conference was to deepen the understanding and analysis…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org - United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday that he regrets the dismantling of the multinational force for eastern Zaire at the end of…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org - The general condition of some 10,000 refugees arriving in Salukwango, near Kalima in eastern Zaire, is "very bad", according to UNICEF. The refugees…

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BUNIAKIRI, ZAIRE -- Faustin Rukuratabaro's only possession was a shredded beige jacket infested with spiders, but he considered himself a most fortunate man. He emerged from eastern Zaire's Walikale woods with several…

Briefing for the Security Council about the Crisis in the African Great Lakes Area, New York, February 12, 1997 by Jacques de Milliano of Médecins Sans Frontières INTRODUCTION On behalf of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, I would like to express our…

From Ghion Hagos ; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Organization of African Unity (OAU) says its joint effort with the United Nations in the Great Lakes region is a "unique opportunity to overcome the formidable challenge…

Burundi officials tell visiting High Commissioner Sadako Ogata the country is stable; propose joint assessment missions to determine which areas are safe to receive returning refugees. UNHCR expatriate staff members resume operations in Rwandan border town of Gisenyi. Some 15,000 Rwandan…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org Fighting continues in eastern Zaire, with the army and rebel forces swapping claims and counter-claims. Increased insecurity and interrupted relief efforts have provoked refugee…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org - Aid workers and journalists in eastern Zaire are ringing alarm bells about the deteriorating nutritional status of refugees in eastern Zaire, after expatriate…

High Commissioner Sadako Ogata says she has received assurances of support for UNHCR's efforts to provide needed assistance to refugees in eastern Zaire and to open corridors for their return to Rwanda. UNHCR distributes relief to refugees arriving in makeshift camps…