Informes

(New York, July 24, 2003) Human rights defenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo are under increasing attack, Human Rights Watch said in a backgrounder on freedom of expression and freedom of assembly released today. In the past few years,…

ECOSOC/6090 Adopts Texts on INSTRAW, Information and Communication Technologies, Ad Hoc Group on Guinea-Bissau, Israeli Occupation (Reissued as received.) GENEVA, 24 July (UN Information Service) -- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this afternoon continued to take action on recommendations from its subsidiary…

The continued killing of civilians in Ituri are unacceptable, declared Wednesday the Spokesman for the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), Hamadoun Touré, during the weekly press briefing. In this regard, he denounced the last massacres…

PEACEKEEPERS MUST BE DEPLOYED IMMEDIATELY Monrovia, Liberia - The international agency Oxfam issued an urgent call today for the Bush Administration to commit funds and logistics to pave the way for ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) forces and…

Concern today (July 23) called on the Irish government to use its influence at the UN to facilitate the rapid deployment of a peacekeeping force to Liberia. "While the political debate continues, thousands are suffering. The future of Liberia is…

(New York, July 23, 2003) West African countries should immediately deploy an international force to Liberia, with the United States providing logistical support and troops on the ground, Human Rights Watch urged today. A ceasefire among the warring parties, and the…

Arbitrary violence, rape and displacement have become commonplace for them. Now the recent fighting has worsened their situation," said an MSF spokeperson. Against a backdrop of shelling, gunfire and looting in Liberia's capital, MSF teams on the ground report a…

With the United Nations reporting a "horrific" situation in Liberia, where the death toll is rising and thousands of terrified people have been driven into the streets of the war-torn capital, two of the world body's top child protection…

"Apoyamos un despliegue porque ahora no hay garantías para la seguridad de la población" Intermón Oxfam pide al Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas, bajo presidencia española durante este mes de julio, una resolución que autorice el despliegue de una…

AFR/672, IHA/790 (Received from UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.) FREETOWN, 22 July - Marc Destanne de Bernis, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Liberia expresses his deep concern regarding the desperate humanitarian situation in Liberia as fighting intensifies, displacing,…