Informes

The following is an excerpt from "Year in Review - 1996, United Nations Peace Missions" published March 3, 1997. Progress has been slow in the Angolan peace process. As of 28 November 1996, approximately 100,000 former combatants, including 35,500 members of…

Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/1997/88 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS March 3, 1997 Fifty-third session Item 18 of the provisional agenda ADVISORY SERVICES IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN RIGHTS Report on the situation of human rights in Somalia, prepared by the Independent Expert…

DATE=3/3/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-210844 TITLE=U-N / RWANDA / ZAIRE (L ONLY) BYLINE=GILLIAN SHARPE DATELINE=THE HAGUE CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: U-N SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN HAS CALLED ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO BE CREATIVE IN LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION TO THE ONGOING CRISIS IN ZAIRE. GILLIAN SHARPE REPORTS…

DATE=3/2/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-210791 TITLE=SAF/SUDAN (S ONLY) BYLINE=ALEX BELIDA DATELINE=JOHANNESBURG CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: A NEW ARMS SALES CONTROVERSY MAY BE BREWING IN SOUTH AFRICA. A SUNDAY NEWSPAPER HAS REPORTED SOUTH AFRICAN WEAPONS SOLD TO UGANDA HAVE ENDED UP IN THE HANDS OF SOUTHERN SUDANESE REBELS. MORE…

Good Rains Needed in Eastern Africa and the Horn Rains in eastern Africa and the Horn begin at different times during the year and have an assortment of names -- including long rains, short rains, Gu, masika,…

Period covered: 16 January-28 February 1997 HIGHLIGHTS - Mohamed Ibrahim Egal has been re-elected for a second five-year term as -President of Somaliland.- His first priority is recognition for the country. - Joint drought task forces including local authorities, UN, and NGOs began…

The information contained in this report was provided by the United Nations Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) Office in Nairobi, Kenya Mr. CARL TINSTMAN, Coordinator a.i., OLS SOUTHERN SECTOR Tel.: (254 2) 52 06 00 Fax: (254 2) 21 52 96 If you have…

Note: The last Situation Report was issued November 4, 1996. Overview The Government of the Republic of Angola (GRA) and representatives of the National Union for Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) signed the Lusaka Protocol, a comprehensive peace agreement, on November 20,…

*97022804.AAF (HRFOR points to 424 killings in January) (570) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- The human rights situation has "drastically deteriorated" inside Rwanda, according to the U.N. Human Rights Field Operation (HRFOR) in Rwanda, which has received reports that 424 people…

(Excerpt) This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda C) Ethiopia/Somalia repatriation D) Liberia and Sierra Leone E) Angola. From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet at WFP Home Page http://www.wfp.org/ or by e-mail from HicksDeb@wfp.org (fax 39…