Informes

"The peace process in Sierra Leone remains fragile and it is in all of our interest to help ensure its success," U.S. Ambassador Nancy Soderberg said February 7. Soderberg, the U.S. alternative U.N. representative for special political affairs, told the…

U.S. Department of State Nancy Soderberg, Ambassador United States Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs Press Release on Explanation of Vote Regarding Sierra Leone United Nations Security Council New York, New York, February 7, 2000 Mr. President, Last October, the Security Council adopted Resolution…

SC/6801 The Security Council this afternoon to expanded the military component of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) to a maximum of 11,100, including the 260 military observers already deployed, and extended UNAMSIL's mandate for a further…

1. Political DevelopmentThe Second meeting of the Joint Implementation Committee Mali’s President Alpha Omar Konare chaired the second meeting of the Joint Implementation Committee of the Lome Peace Accord on 24 January as a means to promote…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa Tel: +225 20 21 73 54 Fax: +225 20 21 63 35 e-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci SIERRA LEONE: Cautious optimism on humanitarian access A senior UN relief official has expressed "cautious optimism"…

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 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Sides gather in New York The main actors in the Democratic Republic of Congo…

UN Security Council Urged to Address Humanitarian Emergency Press Release New York, NY, January 24, 2000 - Faced with alarming levels of malnutrition, mortality, and population displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the international aid agency Médecins Sans…

ABIDJAN, 24 January 2000 (IRIN) - The second meeting of the Joint Implementation Committee (JIC) of the Lome peace agreement started on Monday in Freetown, Sierra Leone's Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Julius Spencer, told IRIN. "The meeting will review…

1. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTSBritish Foreign Minister Visits Sierra Leone British Foreign Minister Peter Hain visited Freetown on 12 January as part of a six-day visit to Africa that would take him to Ghana and Nigeria. His visit to…

COUNTRY SITUATION Suffered two wars since June 1997 610,000 people remain internally displaced (of a total population of 2.9 million) 60 per cent of national means of food production destroyed Famine commonplace in the southern areas 30 per cent of returnees suffer…