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AI Index: AFR 51/008/2003 Amnesty International today reiterated the crucial role to be played by the Special Court for Sierra Leone in ending impunity for some of the worst crimes ever known. "Foday Sankoh's death, however, deprives the hundreds of victims…

Human Rights Watch Letter to LURD Kabineh Ja'neh Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy Dear Kabineh Ja'neh, Human Rights Watch welcomes the June 30 statement from Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) outlining LURD's commitment to end all recruitment of children…

Ambassador Negroponte presents draft to U.N. Security Council By Judy Aita Washington File United Nations Correspondent United Nations - The United States submitted a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council July 30 that would support a multinational force for Liberia…

S/2003/769 In my briefing to the Security Council on 16 July 2003, I informed the Council that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had indicated its readiness to deploy 1,500 troops to Liberia by mid-August 2003, to serve…

MONROVIA, Liberia, July 29 (UNHCR) Rebel fighting has spread to another camp in Monrovia, dispersing thousands of Sierra Leonean refugees, some of whom had been set for evacuation from the strife-torn Liberian capital. Over the weekend, fighting spread to the Samukai…

(New York: 29 July 2003) - With the capture of Buchanan, Liberia's second-largest city, by rebel forces, thousands more Liberians have been displaced. Since fighting between government forces and Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL) rebels intensified around Buchanan…

S/RES/1493 Le Conseil de sécurité, Rappelant ses résolutions antérieures et les déclarations de son président concernant la République démocratique du Congo, Réaffirmant son attachement au respect de la souveraineté, de l'intégrité territoriale et de l'indépendance politique de la République démocratique du…

SG/SM/8795, SC/7829, AFR/678 Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council this morning, after the adoption of the resolution on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC): I congratulate the Security…

Institutes 12-Month Arms Embargo on North and South Kivu, Ituri SC/7828 Security Council 4797th Meeting* (AM) The Security Council, aiming to strengthen support for the peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this morning extended the mandate of the…

SG/SM/8797, AFR/679 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General is outraged at the continued high incidence of civilian casualties in and around Monrovia, as the result of indiscriminate shelling. He joins others in demanding…