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UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org DRC: Lusaka summit only for signatories Zambian President Frederick Chiluba said on Tuesday that the heads of…

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, met for a second consecutive day Wednesday with Sierra Leonean officials and refugees, explaining his proposal for humanitarian access in the region. Lubbers said UNHCR is receiving…

S/2001/128 I. Introduction 1. By its resolution 1332 (2000) of 14 December 2000, the Security Council decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) until 15 June…

The mission of the WHO Department of Emergency and Humanitarian Action is to increase, through a concerted effort across WHO, the capacity and self-reliance of countries in the prevention of disasters, preparation for emergencies, mitigation of…

Escalating violence is wreaking havoc with WFP's humanitarian food aid deliveries in Guinea, a country where the Programmes' emergency operations are already plagued by serious shortfalls in funding. The Programme's recent plans to get food to some 190,000 refugees and…

Background President Pascal Lissouba installed the Republic of the Congo's (ROC) first democratically elected government in 1992. Former President Denis Sassou-Nguesso (1979-1992) overthrew President Lissouba with the Government of Angola's support after a brief and violent civil war (the war of…

The Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council has now updated its country profile on internal displacement in Sierra Leone. A summary is presented below. The Database and the country profile can be accessed at www.idpproject.org, or the complete…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de coordination des Affaires Humanitaires - IRIN Pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tél: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org RDC: Les rebelles refusent de signer le document scellant leur union Les rebelles du Rassemblement congolais pour la démocratie-Mouvement…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org DRC: Rebels refuse to sign merger document The rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie-Mouvement de liberation (RCD-ML) of…

The coordinated approach to IDPs is the best one, according to the UN. The reality is that the UN does not always coordinate its approach to IDPs particularly well. Burundi is yet another case in point. The international outcry that…