Rapports

On 20 June 2007, UNIFEM received US$3 million from the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund in Burundi to implement a project on Restoring the Role of Women in Reconciliation and Community Reconstruction. UNIFEM has been closely involved in the development…

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour called today for a "dual track" approach to impunity targeting perpetrators as much as victims of abuses in Africa's Great Lakes region. Responding to questions at a Headquarters press conference on her…

PBC/13 Peacebuilding Commission High-Level Briefing AM Meeting Strengthening Rule of Law, Combating Impunity Main Challenges as Country Seeks to Make Fresh Start Burundi had a real opportunity to make a fresh start, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour,…

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES Food security: To support its programme for the production and distribution of quality seeds to vulnerable families, the FAO/Emergency and Rehabilitation Coordination Unit (ERCU) started the rehabilitation of community storage warehouses in various provinces. This activity which first…

I. BACKGROUND For over 30 years Burundi experienced recurring socio-political crises. A civil war in 1993 had disastrous effects. Since all but one of the parties to the conflict signed Peace Agreements in Arusha in 2001, the country has…

By Michael Kleinman, Regional Advocacy Advisor, East and Central Africa Occasionally I realize that I've changed. The sights and stories that once would have left me unable to sleep now pass almost without comment - the suffering caused by conflict…

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES Implementation of season2007-B : Over the reporting week, partners involved in the implementation of agricultural season 2007-B started the distribution of seeds, tools and seed protection rations (SPR). In collaboration with partner organizations including Solidarités, and COPED, FAO/ERCU…

(from "Forced Migration Review" No.27 Sexual violence: weapon of war, impediment to peace) by Christine Lebrun and Katharine Derderian Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) Belgium currently addresses sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in many of its projects worldwide, in countries including South Africa,…

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In 2006, the Great Lakes Region (1) has seen a continuation of the trend towards peace and governance: with progress in the transition in the Democratic Republic of Congo; the establishment of a peace…

Activities and Updates Health, distribution of medical kits: UNICEF has completed dispatching the obstetric surgical kits to provincial health offices. The distribution to health centres will be completed by the Ministry of Health supported by WHO and NGOs operating in…