Informes

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…

CONAKRY/GENEVA, 4 November 2003 -- UNICEF today said that reports from border monitors and NGOs reveal that Guinea is becoming a burgeoning refuge for thousands of children fleeing West Africa's wars. Speaking from New York, UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy described…

S/2003/1069I. 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. The Council requested me to report…

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…

GENERAL SITUATION A sigh of relief has been received by the media fraternity in Liberia over the directive and lifting of over 3 years ban on the independent Star Radio by the Chairman of the National Transitional Government, C. Gyude…

PIO/MONUC En coopération avec les autorités militaires des Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC) du Sud-Kivu, la MONUC s'est rendue samedi 1er novembre 2003 à Minembwe où elle a rencontré Patrick Masunzu et Aaron Nyamushebwa, des chefs…

By Yulu Kabamba In cooperation with the military leaders of the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) in South Kivu, MONUC team flew Saturday 1st November 2003 to Minembwe where it met with Patrick Masunzu and Aaron Nyamushebwa, both active military chiefs…

News No. 03/138 "Unbelievable!" said Jazmin Cibalonza, as she took her two children, Claude, 13 years, and Nada, 12 years, into her arms and kissed them after they stepped from an ICRC car at their home in Goma. "My dream…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Whether Liberia takes advantage of its best chance for peace in years and West Africa regains stability depends on bold action by the UN, which needs to shape a comprehensive regional security strategy while rapidly building…