Informes

General Situation 1. Highlights The Liberia Ministry of Gender and Development in collaboration with the key actors, women grass-root organizations, the UN agencies, NGOs and the Press in Liberia has planned a number of activities on March 8, to mark the…

UNICEF HUMANITARIAN ACTION GUINEA Over 100,000 Guinean workers return to Guinea from Côte d'Ivoire during last year, over 50,000 totally dependent on host communities and humanitarian aid for their subsistence Refugee numbers climb to over 110,000 in Guinea…

UNICEF NEEDS US$ 11 MILLION TO SUPPORT GOVERNMENT'S RECOVERY PROGRAMME IN 2004 375,000 children (aged 6-12) do not have access to school Strengthen Immunisation in 600 Primary Health Units 148,000 insecticide-treated bed nets 1. EMERGENCY OVERVIEW AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS In-country security…

16 févier - 1er mars 2004 1. EVENEMENTS SIGNIFICATIFS / POINTS SAILLANTS Le Conseil de Sécurité des Nations Unies s'est réuni le vendredi 27 février et a adopté la Résolution S/2004/146 portant création de l'Opération des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire…

16th February - 1st March 2004 1. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS/ HIGHLIGHTS The UN Security Council met on Friday 27th February and adopted resolution S/2004/146 establishing the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) as of 4th April 2004, when authority will be…

SC/8012 Security Council 4918th Meeting (AM) Secretary-General Commends Decision; 6,240 Strong Force to Be Deployed as of 4 April The Security Council this morning, acting under Chapter VII of the Charter, established the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) for an…

Vanessa Kent and Angela McIntyre ISS Paper 84 - February 2004 Introduction Formal peace processes hold opportunities to both end violence and to begin addressing the root causes of conflict.1 However, negotiations often revolve solely around placating belligerents; those who, through recourse…

AI INDEX: AFR 16/008/2004 The Government of Burundi and the international community should take urgent action to stop widespread sexual violence, including rape, against women in Burundi, Amnesty International urged today in a new report entitled Burundi: Rape - the hidden…

AI INDEX: AFR 16/006/2004 I INTRODUCTION "Is rape increasing? I was raped in 1993, and again in 1995. I haven't been raped this year. How do I know if it is increasing" (rape victim speaking to Amnesty International…

UNMIL/PIO/PR/41 (Monrovia, Liberia, 20 February 2004) The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) Gender Unit is currently conducting training on gender issues for the Liberian Interim Police Force. The training covers Introduction to Gender, Sexual and Gender- Based Violence, Gender and…