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(Near Verbatim) KEMAL SAIKI, Chief of Public Information, Spokesman Kingsley Lington Ighobor, Media Relations Unit NEWS HIGHLIGHTS SRSG MEETS VICE PRESIDENT BEREWA The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) in Sierra Leone, Ambassador Daudi Mwakawago January 20 paid a courtesy call on Vice…

This report does not necessarily reflect the official position of the United Nations. Weekly Highlights - Hundreds of IDPs returning home caught in deadly attack in Ituri District. - Inter-agency mission to Dekese, Western Kasai Province confronts a humanitarian emergency. - 2000…

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Despite significant changes in the political environment over the past six months, most notably the August 2003 signing of a peace agreement, the departure into exile of president Charles Taylor and the establishment of…

SC/7985 Security Council 4898th Meeting* (AM & PM)Special Representative, UNICEF Executive Director Brief Council, Say Outrages against Children Persist, Rights Violated with Impunity Despite tangible progress in the struggle to ensure the protection, rights and well-being of children exposed…

This report does not necessarily reflect the official position of the United Nations HIGHLIGHTS - Lack of assistance to Mayi-Mayi ex-combatants continues to pose major problems in Maniema Province - Populations on the road to return in Maniema - Arrival of new IDPs…

S/2004/3 I. Introduction 1. In its resolution 1514 (2003) of 13 November 2003, the Security Council requested me to report by 10 January 2004 on the efforts of the United Nations Mission in Côte d’Ivoire (MINUCI) to facilitate…

Country Profile: Republic of Burundi COUNTRY PROFILE BASIC FACTS AND ECONOMY Capital Bujumbura Size 27.834 Km2 Population (Growth) 6.847.009 (Population Growth 2.38%) 2001 *Estimate Head of State Mr Domitien Ndayizeye Currency Burundi Franc 1072.40 francs = US$1 (http://www.oanda.com) Official Languages Kirundi, French (Swahili along Lake Tanganyika and in Bujumbura) Main Religious Groups Catholic 62%, Protestant…

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SC/7966 Security Council 4891st Meeting (PM) Reaffirming its full support for the Arusha peace process in Burundi, the Security Council this afternoon endorsed recent political developments concerning that country. Through a statement read out by its President, Stefan Tafrov of Bulgaria (document S/PRST/2003/30),…

Cliff Bernath is Director for Conflict Prevention and Resolution with Refugees International. Under the best of circumstances, we are offered clear choices - right and wrong, good and bad. Sometimes, however, our only choices are "bad" and "worse." That's what…