Informes

Despite the ongoing volatile environment, lack of security and obstacles to safe humanitarian access in all parts of the country, UNICEF Côte d'Ivoire continues its efforts to assist children and women affected by the Ivory Coast crisis. UNICEF Côte d'Ivoire…

NAIROBI, 17 January (IRIN) - The year 2002 began with great promise for the Republic of Congo (ROC): a five-year transitional period following a decade of recurrent civil war were brought to a close with a national referendum for…

Nairobi/Brazzaville, 14 Jan 2003 WFP is concerned about growing numbers of people who need food aid after being displaced by fighting in the Republic of Congo. Last December, over 1,800 newly displaced people escaped from RoC's conflict area near the…

ABIDJAN, 13 January (IRIN) - Warnings of possible health epidemics have increased in the last several weeks as the four-month old crisis in Côte d'Ivoire continues to affect thousands of people. On Thursday in the economic capital, Abidjan, the emergency coordinator…

The humanitarian emergency brought about by the civil crisis in Côte d'Ivoire was rapidly deteriorating, with as many as one million people having been displaced since Christmas, Carolyn McAskie, the United Nations' Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, told correspondents at a…

Extract From the REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Public Relations Section, chaired the briefing, which was attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on…

Text: Kent Page, Regional Communication Officer, UNICEF WCAR Date: 7 January 2003, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Since the beginning of the Ivory Coast crisis on 19 September 2002, UNICEF's Regional Director for Western & Central Africa, Dr Rima Salah, has been advocating at…

Text: Kent Page, Regional Communication Officer, UNICEF WCARO: 3 January 2003, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Despite the ongoing volatile environment, lack of security and obstacles to safe humanitarian access in all parts of the country, UNICEF Ivory Coast continues its efforts…

OCHA sent one person to evaluate humanitarian situation and coordination mechanism. Daniel Augstburger SEO/OCHA Geneva carried out a mission to Brazzaville from 26th of November until 5th of December. Following a thorough assessment of the humanitarian situation on the ground,…

KINSHASA, 19 Dec 2002 (IRIN) - The head of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) has received assurances from the ethnic miltia group controlling Bunia and surrounding areas of Ituri District, in the northeast…