Informes

No.: 141/03 The Foreign Ministry decided today to allocate a further NOK 10 million to alleviate the disastrous humanitarian situation in Liberia. Norway is already the largest contributor to the UN Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Liberia 2003 and Norwegian humanitarian assistance…

Mr. Tom Kitt T.D., Minister of State for Development Cooperation and Human Rights, today announced that the Government would provide €2 million in emergency humanitarian assistance in response to the humanitarian crisis in Liberia. Ireland's contribution will focus on the estimated…

Security One of the largest crowds ever seen in Monrovia emerged from all corners of the city on Thursday this week to greet West African peacekeepers as they carried out patrols in the city for the first time since their…

by Rosemarie North in Freetown Every morning in the rainy season, groups of women sling babies on to their backs with bright wraps and walk along narrow dirt paths in the tropical forest to their gardens. The 20 women in…

S/2003/801I. Introduction 1. By its resolution 1479 (2003) of 13 May 2003, the Security Council established the United Nations Mission in Côte d'Ivoire (MINUCI), for an initial period of six months, with a mandate to facilitate the…

Today DFID has committed a further =A3252,550 to Medical Emergency Relief International (MERLIN) towards humanitarian needs in Liberia. The money will support an emergency airlift of essential shelter and medical supplies into Monrovia, Liberia today. This will transport plastic sheeting,…

As the violence begins to ease in Monrovia, Liberia, international aid and development agency World Vision is delivering measles vaccine and other medical supplies to the 40,000 people who have been sheltering within the SKD football stadium for almost…

31 July - 8 August 2003 General Information: Since 19 July 2003, the UN agencies and humanitarian relief partners have not had a joint coordination meeting on humanitarian assistance to the needy in Liberia due to the current…

The situation has improved since this past Monday, and the number of war wounded civilians has dropped. However the decline is not necessarily an indication of improving conditions. Cholera and malnutrition remain the biggest concerns. The situation in Monrovia is…

Freetown, Sierra Leone - World Vision today delivered another shipment of measles vaccine to the SKD soccer stadium in Monrovia, Liberia. World Vision has managed to maintain its primary health clinic at the stadium throughout the worst of the…