Informes

Following a special meeting that they held in Dakar on Monday 21 July 2003 on the deteriorating situation in Liberia with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, Mr. Ould Abdallah, and the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS,…

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the dire humanitarian situation in Liberia and efforts to introduce peace and justice to that country. (Introduced in House) HCON 233 IH 108th CONGRESS 1st Session H. CON. RES. 233 Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the dire…

"People here are really suffering, but as long as the fighting continues we are unable to help them. The US must commit troops now and end this waiting game that is costing lives." The delay in sending peace-keeping troops to…

Defense Department Report, July 21: U.S. Monitoring Liberia Situation Forty-one additional U.S. military security personnel were sent into Liberia July 21 as the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia was caught in the cross-fire between the troops of embattled Liberian President Charles Taylor…

In the past six weeks the ICRC has reunited 100 lost children with relatives in and around Monrovia. More than 200 have been registered since fighting began in the capital and at least half are under 12 years of…

HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 1. Kidnapped humanitarian workers freed The International Rescue Committee (IRC) issued a statement in Bujumbura on Saturday 19 July expressing their relief that an IRC staff member, kidnapped in Makamba, Burundi, on July 9, was released late Friday evening [July…

Security and Political Situation 1.1. Security On Friday, 18 July, Fear engulfed Monrovia when reports reached the city that LURD had repulsed government forces from Klay Junction and advanced to Sasstown, about 27 kilometres northwest of the Liberian Capital. Hundreds of…

AI Index: AFR 16/011/2003 Amnesty International is appealing to regional Heads of State or their representatives meeting on 20 July 2003 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to inject a renewed momentum to ending the armed conflict in Burundi and to…

SC/7819 Security Council 4789th Meeting (AM) The Security Council this morning approved the Secretary-General's recommendation that the drawdown of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) should proceed according to the "modified status quo" option, by which four stages of…

President John Kufuor The Castle Osu, Accra Ghana July 18, 2003 Dear President Kufuor: We are writing to you as chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to welcome your efforts to end the conflict in Liberia and to create…