Informes

Kris Janowski - Media Relations This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Further information can be found on the UNHCR website www.unhcr.ch which should also be…

Text/Photos: Kent Page, UNICEF Regional Communication Officer, Western & Central Africa Region, Abidjan, 29 April 03 "Côte d'Ivoire Plus Five" CAP Launch On 29 April, United Nations agencies and other appealing organizations launched the "Côte d'Ivoire Plus Five" Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal (CAP) in…

Security incidents in refugee camps located close to international borders continue to take lives. Today, more than 35,000 Liberian refugees in the Ivory Coast are in imminent danger, and the UN estimates that half of them need to be…

Joel Frushone, Policy Analyst, U.S. Committee for Refugees During the past eight years as a refugee in western Tanzania, Barnebés Bugera, a former Burundian diplomat, has developed a deep and personal understanding of what it means to suffer. As his homeland…

(New York: 29 April 2003)- In Abidjan today, the United Nations launched the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for $85 million on behalf of 3 million people. The Appeal is designed to meet the humanitarian needs of people affected by the war…

The Federation’s mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in 178 countries. For more…

April to December 2003 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY "The donor community...must shake off its image of Côte d'Ivoire as a relatively stable country which happens to be undergoing a political crisis. There are major humanitarian needs, which must be…

AI Index: AFR 62/014/2003 (Public) The international community should urgently assume its moral and legal responsibilities and bring about an immediate end to violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by forces involved in the pillaging of war-ravaged Democratic…

par Hamadoun Touré Depuis la conclusion du Dialogue Intercongolais à Sun City le 2 avril dernier, la MONUC note avec satisfaction les étapes concrètes franchies par les Parties signataires de l'Accord Global et Inclusif : la Constitution a été promulguée,…

OverviewMILITARY/POLITICAL SITUATION Security update During the period under review, there were unconfirmed reports of fierce fighting between government forces and LURD rebels in the provincial city of Voinjamah. Voinjamah has served as a stronghold for LURD since 1999.…