Informes

Assessing Trauma in Sierra Leone Psychosocial Questionnaire: Freetown Survey Outcomes A Médecins Sans Frontières Report January 11, 2000 Kaz de Jong Maureen Mulham Saskia van der Kam Summary This report is based on a mental health survey of persons in Freetown, Sierra Leone in…

1. POLITICAL and SECURITY OVERVIEW 1999 began disastrously for Sierra Leone, with the continuation of a rapid decline in security across the country. The advance of rebel forces across the country, highlighted by the fall of the…

SC/6768 There was cause for cautious optimism about peace and reconstruction in Sierra Leone, even in the midst of a volatile security situation, ongoing human rights violations and a continuing humanitarian crisis, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Bernard Miyet, to the…

1. SUMMARY The Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration programme (DDR) appeared to gain momentum during this reporting period, with nearly 1,000 RUF fighters turning in their weapons at disarmament sites. The RUF formally launched its political party called…

Members of the Security Council today expressed continuing concern about the violations of the Lome peace accord for Sierra Leone and the country's volatile security situation. Council members urged ex-combatants, especially those belonging to the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), to lay…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaires Réseau intégré d'information régional Pour l'Afrique centrale et de l'Est Tel : +254 2 622147 Fax : +254 2 622129 e-mail : irin@ocha.unon.org (du 6 au 12 novembre 1999) RWANDA : Kigali suspend la coopération avec le…

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 RWANDA: Kigali suspends cooperation with ICTR The Rwandan government temporarily suspended its cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for…

UN official stresses plight of "forgotten victims" The estimated 810,000 displaced people and recent returnees in the Republic of Congo were among the "largest groups of forgotten humanitarian victims", UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the Republic of Congo William Paton said on…

Press Release SC/6754 - 19991112 Presidential Statement Seeks Government Cooperation in Inquiry, Assurances of Security and Free Movement for UN and Aid Workers The Security Council, noting the recent outbreaks of violence in Burundi and the delays in the peace…

By Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 (Reuters) U.N. officials sounded alarm bells over Burundi on Friday, saying the peace process in the central African country was crumbling and people risked starvation and death from disease and malnutrition. "The health and…