Informes

In the first trimester of 2001, the humanitarian community in Burundi has been mainly confronted with three major crises: A severe malnutrition crisis, affecting particularly the northern and north-eastern provinces of the country; An unprecedented outbreak of malaria,…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa Tel: +225 22-40-4440 Fax: +225 22-41-9339 e-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci SIERRA LEONE: Army deploys in Kambia Sierra Leonean troops crossed the Mange Bridge into Kambia early on Tuesday as they…

Mr. Chairman, High Commissioner, Your Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, We do not know how many millions of people are trapped by war, conflict and persecution within their own countries. Estimating the numbers is difficult, partly because there is no general…

INTRODUCTION The United Nations (UN) agencies in Sierra Leone and their partners are confronted with an increasingly volatile political and military situation that has spun into a regional crisis. A heightened state of insecurity and tension has…

Testimony by Anne C. Edgerton of Refugees International to the House Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights I want to thank the Chairperson, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, for providing…

Security Council SC/7059 4319th Meeting (AM) 14 May 2001 To stem the cycle of instability, insecurity and displacement in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, an integrated, regional approach was crucial, said Ibrahima Fall, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs,…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: this Information Bulletin updates Information Bulletin #1, dated December 4, 2000. Background President Laurent-Desire Kabila was shot on January 16, 2001, and died in Harare,…

Security Council SC/7057 4317th & 4318th Meetings (AM & PM) 3 May 2001Following Day-Long Debate, Presidential Statement Notes Terrible Toll Conflict Is Taking The Security Council this afternoon condemned the illegal exploitation of natural resources and wealth of…

S/2001/434Letter dated 30 April 2001 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council The Security Council, in the statement of its President of 21 December 2000 on the situation in Guinea (S/PRST/2000/41), welcomed my…

There were some signs of improvement in Sierra Leone, but the humanitarian situation in neighbouring Guinea and Liberia was deteriorating, the Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Carolyn McAskie, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today. Describing her recent trip to…