Informes

With the conclusion of the Security Council visit to West Africa today, members of a broad-based network of non-governmental organizations called on Council members to take immediate action to protect Liberian children from violence, abuse and sexual exploitation, at…

I. IMPORTANT EVENTSSecurity Council Mission to West Africa A Security Council mission visited the sub region from 21 to 29 June. During the course of the mission, participants went to Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria,…

On behalf of the entire humanitarian community in Sierra Leone, OCHA wishes to offer profound condolences to the families and friends of all 24 passengers who died on the UNAMSIL helicopter on Tuesday 29 June. The Russian MI-8 aircraft…

News No. 04/77 The board of John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Monrovia today took over full responsibility for the facility's trauma-surgery unit, which has been run jointly with the ICRC since it opened nearly two years ago. The ICRC…

MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS Spontaneous returns Liberian refugees continue to return home spontaneously from various countries in the region. Current estimates indicate that over 50,000 have returned since December 2003. UNHCR has registered more than 15,000 from Sierra Leone; 40% have ended up…

I. EVÉNEMENTS SIGNIFICATIFSMission de la Délégation du Conseil de sécurité Une mission du Conseil de sécurité a effectué une visite dans la sous région du 21 au 29 juin 2004. Elle s'est rendue successivement au Ghana, en…

par Jennifer Bakody/MONUC A Kindu, la voie ferrée est parallèle et proche du fleuve Congo. Pendant les six années de guerre, on pouvait même se promener sur ces rails abandonnés sans craindre le passage d'un train. Le train était remplacé…

Jennifer Bakody/MONUC The rail line through Maniema's capital city follows the banks of the Congo River. In the six years that followed two very, brutal wars that left so many of Kindu's inhabitants orphaned, destitute and sick, walking barefoot in…

UNMIL/PIO/PR/87 (Monrovia, Liberia) - The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Liberia and Humanitarian Coordinator for Liberia, Mr. Abou Moussa, opened a two-week training workshop on HIV/AIDS counseling for UNMIL peacekeepers in Monrovia on 23 Jun. In a speech read…

SUMMARY Liberia has been in a nearly constant state of civil war for 14 years. This has taken an enormous toll on the lives of Liberian children, adolescents and all civilians. Throughout the years of civil war and especially during…