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HR/CT/704 Human Rights Committee Ninety-fifth Session 2602nd & 2603rd Meetings* (AM & PM) Ambassador Says Transition to Country Where Rule of Law Prevails Not Easy, But with 2003 Constitution, Strengthened Legal Framework, Prospects Are Good While commending Rwanda for pursuing needed…

Major developments North Kivu - Clashes between FARDC and FDLR in South Lubero (March 13: Mbwanvinywa, 200 km North-West of Goma; March 15: attacks FDLR against the villages of Tongo and Kasingiri, South Butembo) - RRM assessments in South Lubero (Kayna, Kanayabayonga,…

Overview The Office of the Senior Adviser and Coordinator for Sexual Violence has developed a Comprehensive Strategy on Combating Sexual Violence in the DRC consisting of four components. This evolved in consultation with relevant UN agencies and MONUC sections, International…

Hears Presentation of Reports from the Advisory Committee, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the Forum on Minority Issues Human Rights Council AFTERNOON The Human Rights Council this afternoon took up its agenda item on…

Human Rights Council MORNING Libya's Deputy Minister of Justice Addresses the Council The Human Rights Council this morning discussed a report by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, and the situation in the east…

WOM/1728 Commission on the Status of Women Fifty-third Session 16th & 17th Meetings (AM & PM) Approves Several Texts, Including on Working Group on Communications, Assistance to Palestinian Women, Commission Themes for 2010-2014 Period To a burst of applause, the Commission on the Status…

POINTS SAILLANTS : - Enrôlement des enfants par de nouveaux groupes armés à Uvira : lors de la réunion protection de l'enfance tenue le 05 mars 09 à Uvira, les participants ont exprimé leur inquiétude face au phénomène de désintégration…

"It is now more dangerous to be a woman than to be a soldier in modern conflict" (Maj. Gen. Patrick Cammaert, 2008, former UN Peacekeeping Operation commander in DR Congo) Aid agency CARE International is calling on policy-makers to put…

JOINT PRESS RELEASE For the first time in a post-conflict country, national governmental institutions, the United Nations, and civil society organizations have worked together to build an inclusive policy document for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325. On International Women's…

Inés Alberdi, Executive Director, UNIFEM Occasion: International Colloquium on Women's Empowerment, Leadership, Security, Monrovia, Liberia, 7 March 2009 Madame President, Distinguished guests I am honored to be here today, together with so many champions of women's rights in conflict. I know you…