Informes

HUMANITARIAN HIGHLIGHTSUN Day UN agencies in Sierra Leone celebrated United Nations Day on 24 October in Freetown at UNAMSIL Headquarters. Activities included Flag-Raising Ceremony (of all countries represented in the mission), a military march past and a…

TOLD DURING DAY-LONG DEBATE ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY Briefed by Peacekeeping Under-Secretary-General, Senior Gender Adviser for UN Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo Women and girls suffered disproportionately during and after war, as existing inequalities were magnified, and…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: This Situation Report updates USAID/OFDA Liberia Situation Report #5, FY 2004, dated October 29, 2003. Background Liberia has been marked…

Thousands of women and girls between the ages of 5 and 80 in the eastern area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been tortured and raped and many are nursing bullet wounds, the United Nations World Food…

BACKGROUND Following years of civil war in the West African nation, the two main rebel groups (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy-LURD and Movement for Democracy in Liberia-MODEL) and the government of Liberia signed a peace deal on 11 August…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: This Situation Report updates USAID/OFDA Liberia Situation Report #4, FY 2004, dated October 22, 2003. Background Liberia has been marked…

Text: Kent Page, UNICEF Regional Communication Officer, West & Central Africa Region Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo "My name is Safi*. I come from Uvira, South Kivu Province, DRC, near the Burundi border. I am 17 years old". "It was April…

Monrovia, Liberia - World Vision and other humanitarian organisations are looking at ways to provide protection for the fundamental human rights of Liberians, who have seen horrific violations during 14 years of civil war. Besides the more than 250,000 civilians killed…

Ref. No.: UNAMSIL/PIOR 039/2003 Freetown - The Human Rights section of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) today ended a three-day international experts consultation workshop for 32 UN civilian police (CIVPOL) team leaders on "Police Ethics, Human Rights…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: This Situation Report updates USAID/OFDA Liberia Situation Report #3, FY 2004, dated October 15, 2003. Background Liberia has been marked…