Informes

AI-index: AFR 34/003/2003 Amnesty International is calling for an urgent international response to the desperate plight of some 40,000 Liberian refugees in Côte d'Ivoire. "Liberian refugees are at imminent risk of being killed as they are caught up in the violence…

S/2003/199 Letter dated 19 February 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 the instructions of my Government, I have the honour to transmit…

par Hamadoun Touré A l'issue de leur dernier Sommet consultatif de Dar Es-Salaam, les 9 et 10 février 2003, les Chefs d'Etat de la République Démocratique du Congo et de l'Ouganda avaient défini un nouveau calendrier de mise en oeuvre…

By Yulu Kabamba At the conclusion of the last Dar Es Salaam consultative Summit held on 9-10 February 2003, the Heads of States of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda set out an updated calendar for the implementation…

ACTIVITÉS HUMANITAIRES 1. Epidémie de cholera déclarée à Rumonge (province Bururi) Ms Hope Neighbor, Coordinateur de programme à l'ONG International Rescue Committee (IRC) en province Bururi, a informé que 25 cas de choléra ont été signalés à Rumonge (essentiellement du quartier Swahili)…

Le gouvernement allemand, par le truchement du ministère fédéral des Affaires étrangères, vient d'octroyer au HCR, une aide humanitaire supplémentaire de 328 millions FCFA (500.000 euros) Selon un communiqué du ministère fédéral, parvenu mardi à l'AIP, qui a livré l'information,…

By Jim Fisher-Thompson Washington File Staff Writer Washington - Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Walter Kansteiner told Congress February 12 that widespread bloodshed was averted in the recent rebellion in Cote d'Ivoire thanks to French intervention. Moreover, chances for…

Humanitarian Editorial Despite the signing of several political agreements, the humanitarian situation, notably in Ruyigi, remains precarious due to increased fighting. For almost a month the UN and INGOs have had restricted access to vulnerable populations in parts of the Moso…

SC/7662 4705th Meeting (PM) In their dialogue with Security Council members regarding the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this afternoon, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, and Sergio Vieira de Mello, United Nations High Commissioner…

Many thousands of Burundians have been temporarily forced from their homes by recent fighting between the army and Hutu rebel groups. Some 100,000 people were displaced last month, often moving from hilltop to hilltop in search of safety. Many…