Informes

In brief President Ndayizeye meets with Mr Pierre Nkurunziza of CNDD-FDD in Kampala [9th]. Tanzanian Ambassador to Burundi presented his credentials to President Ndayizeye [11th]. AU Commission Representatives, troop-contributing Countries (TCC - South Africa, Ethiopia, Mozambique) to the African Mission in Burundi (AMIB)…

Written by Bonnie Gillespie , Staff Writer, RedCross.org Conakry, Guinea, Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - As part of sweeping efforts to eliminate measles from Africa, the Measles Initiative program was launched this week in Guinea. More than 3.5 million children…

GENERAL SITUATION I. Highlights A high-level French delegation headed by Mr.Renaud Muselier, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, visited Liberia on 10 November 2003. The aim of the mission was to give political and humanitarian support to the National Transitional Government…

Draft Resolutions Introduced on Refugee Issues, Torture, Migrants, Human Rights Conventions, Israeli Children GA/SHC/3764 Fifty-seventh General Assembly Third Committee 41st & 42nd Meetings (AM & PM) The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) focused on the human rights situations in Myanmar,…

Press Release [No. SEGL3/B/64/03] TUNIS 11 NOVEMBER 2003 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (ADB) approved in Tunis on Tuesday, 11 November 2003, a humanitarian emergency grant of 500,000 US dollars in favour of Liberia. The ADB…

Briefer: Kris Janowski - Media Relations This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Further information can be found on the UNHCR website, www.unhcr.ch, which should also be…

GENERAL SITUATIONI. Highlights a. A United Nations Special Diplomatic Briefing for Liberia was held on 7 November with participants from DFID (UK), EU, USAID, Canada, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, USA, China, Lebanon and Ghana. A presentation was…

Humanitarian Activities 1. Psychosocial assistance to children suffering from trauma Children are the most vulnerable group in conflict situations. Thousands of children in Burundi suffer from trauma linked to displacement, family separations, sexual abuse and violence. The University of Burundi, supported by…

UNICEF Conakry 8 November 2003 - UNICEF Guinea, working in close cooperation with WHO and the Ministry of Health is launching a nationwide measles vaccination campaign targeting all children in the countryside between the ages of 6 months and…

By John Haskew, Country Representative This was my first visit to two refugee camps in the east of Sierra Leone where a new malaria control tool, Insecticide treated plastic sheeting (ITPS) is currently being field tested by Johns Hopkins MENTOR…