Informes

ABIDJAN, 14 March (IRIN) - Liberian refugees in Cote d'Ivoire fear for their lives. They say they are harassed. Some of them have been killed. Many have been driven from their homes. And most wish to be relocated. In…

Country Profile:Republic of Burundi COUNTRY PROFILE BASIC FACTS AND ECONOMY Capital Bujumbura Size 27.834 Km2 Population (Growth) 6.847.009 (Population Growth 2.38%) 2001 *Estimate Head of State Major Pierre Buyoya Currency Burundi Franc 1056.40 francs =US$1 (www.mbendi.co.za/) Official Languages Kirundi, French (Swahili along Lake Tanganyika and in Bujumbura) Main Religious Groups Catholic…

CERD 62nd session 13 March 2003 Morning The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination concluded this morning its consideration of the fifth to fourteenth periodic reports of Cote d'Ivoire, hearing a Government delegation contend, among other things, that the current armed crisis…

ACCRA, Ghana (UNHCR) - From a "hotbed" of crime to a model community, Ghana's Buduburam refugee camp has come a long way as its residents work with local authorities to take charge of their own safety and welfare. The community's…

5 - 12 March 2003 OVERVIEW The continuing crisis and resulting virtual standstill of cross-border commerce is plunging Cote d'Ivoire headlong towards a full-blown humanitarian crisis. Joblessness is rising, and consumer purchasing power is falling. WFP reports that food supplies are…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination began review this afternoon of the fifth to fourteenth periodic reports of Cote d'Ivoire, questioning a Government delegation, among other things, on what was being done to protect vulnerable groups from…

Today one rape in two involves a minor: children, sometimes even babies. Boys as well as girls are raped. Nor are the elderly, pregnant women, or mothers spared. Every social category is affected. On International Woman's Day, March 8, MSF…

More than 35,000 Liberian refugees that remain in the Ivory Coast are in imminent danger of being caught in the conflict in the west or targeted by the military and armed local youth. These Liberian refugees, who sought refuge…

S/2003/291 Letter dated 10 March 2003 from the Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council On instructions from my Government, I have the honour to transmit to…

Following is today's statement to the press on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea): Members of the Council welcome the agreement reached among Congolese parties in Pretoria. They stressed the importance of the transitional…