Informes

ARUSHA ,August 29, 2000 - With a stroke of a pen, Burundi President Pierre Buyoya has signed a pact that will put his war-torn country on a path towards reconciliation and mark the end of dragging negotiations for peace. At…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Quoted text from this briefing note may be attributed to the UNHCR spokesperson named below left Kris Janowski -…

On behalf of the European Commission, I welcome this important step in the negotiations, the signing of the Burundi Peace and Reconciliation Agreement. It is a key point in this long and difficult peace process. I would like to…

1. EMERGENCY OVERVIEW AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTSEthiopia continues to face a major humanitarian crisis. With signs of some stabilisation occurring in the worst drought affected areas of the country and encouraging moves to peace following the two year…

ARUSHA PEACE AND RECONCILIATION AGREEMENT FOR BURUNDI We, the representatives of: - The Government of the Republic of Burundi, - The National Assembly, - The Alliance Burundo-Africaine pour le Salut (ABASA), - The Alliance Nationale pour le Droit et le Développement (ANADDE), - The Alliance…

SOMALIA: New president speaks to IRIN in first interview Abdiqassim Salad Hassan who was elected president of Somalia at the weekend by the country's new Transitional National Assembly (TNA) told IRIN, in the first interview since his victory, that his first…

COMOROS ISLANDS: Leaders sign declaration The head of the military government in the Comoros islands, Colonel Azali Assoumani, has signed a reconciliation deal with the leader of the Anjouan separatists, Said Abeid Abderemane, the BBC reported on Monday. Under Saturday's accord…

JOHANNESBURG, 28 August (IRIN) - Over 500 new Angolan refugees have crossed into Zambia within the last week, a UNHCR spokesman told IRIN on Monday. Kelvin Shimo from UNHCR in Lusaka told IRIN that in the last week 565 new…

Sudan's 17-year civil war dragged on during the first half of 2000 with new refugee flows to neighboring countries, bombings of civilian targets and humanitarian aid projects by government planes, slave raids by pro government militia, collapse of a…

Letter dated 25 August 2000 from the Permanent Representative of the United Republic of Tanzania to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council I have the honour to forward to you the communiqué of the Eleventh…