Informes

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Office of Transition Initiatives Program Description USAID/OTI's goal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is to enhance the informed participation of Congolese society in political and economic…

AFR/568, HR/4647 FREETOWN, 28 February (Office of Special Representative) - At the conclusion of a week-long visit to Sierra Leone (22-28 February), Under-Secretary-General Olara A. Otunnu, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, has called upon the…

(Near Verbatim) OLARA OTUNNU, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT The most important thing I want to report to you is I am very impressed by the transformation which has taken place in Sierra Leone in the…

Humanitaire Editorial Le HC des NU aux Droits de l'Homme, Sergio Vieira de Mello, a clôturé sa visite au Burundi par un appel pour protéger [28/2-1/3] les civils et pour faire des progrès dans la recherche de la paix. Le Commissaire…

January - February 2003 Humanitarian Highlights The United Nations Secretary General appointed Humanitarian Envoy for the Cote d'Ivoire Crisis, Ms. Carolyn Mc Askie, "Deputy Relief Emergency Coordinator of OCHA", has visited the west african sub-region including Cote d' Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Mali,…

An advance team of United Nations human rights and political affairs officials arrived in Abidjan today to assess conditions on the ground for setting up a possible board of inquiry to investigate violations of human rights and humanitarian rights…

RI representatives Shannon Meehan and Sayre Nyce are currently in West Africa. Stuck in war-torn Liberia after fleeing fighting in western Ivory Coast, thousands of people who should be safe in their home countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, Togo, Benin,…

Victime le 28 mai et le 2 novembre 2001 de tentatives de coup d'Etat, le Président Ange Félix Patassé attendait un mois jour pour jour pour s'exprimer en ces termes devant son peuple sur la troisième tentative de coup…

AI-index: AFR 34/005/2003 As the International Contact Group on Liberia meets today in New York, it should give priority to tackling the human rights crisis in Liberia, Amnesty International said. The international community's commitment to resolve the internal armed conflict and…

Humanitarian Editorial The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, ended his visit to Burundi [28/2-1/3] with an appeal to protect civilians and forge ahead with peace. The Commissioner called for an "end to the culture of impunity",…