Rapports

BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) GREAT LAKES - Note: The last situation report was dated June 27, 1997. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DROC) Background In mid-October 1996, fighting broke out in South Kivu, Zaire…

AEF501 (Karaha meets Secretary General Kofi Annan) By Judy Aita USIA United Nations Correspondent UNITED NATIONS -- The Democratic Republic of Congo's [DROC] foreign minister has assured the United Nations that his government would cooperate with a new human rights investigation…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) GREAT LAKES - Complex Emergency Situation Report 40, Fiscal Year 1997 July 11,1997 Note: The last situation report was dated June 27, 1997. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE…

UNITED NATIONS, New York (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has denied that his government was deliberately blocking United nations investigations into alleged human rights violation in the country. Its foreign minister, Dr Bizima Karaha, told journalists here on…

The UN has replaced a Chilean human rights investigator on its team to probe atrocities in eastern Congo-Kinshasa, following objections from the Kabila government. FARHAN HAQ UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan confirmed Tuesday he was replacing a human rights investigator in…

reported by Robby Muhumuza WV Uganda associate director Internally displaced persons and returnees in South and North Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire) are slated to benefit from World Food Program (WFP) food that will be distributed…

NATIONS UNIES Departement des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN: Bulletin quotidien no 207 d'information sur la region des Grands Lacs (du mardi 8 juillet 97) * Les rebelles ougandais ont enleve samedi…

AEF201 07/08/97 (Attempts to surmount investigation impasse) By Judy Aita USIA United Nations Correspondent UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced July 8 that he is sending a high-level human rights mission to investigate charges of massacres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…

(Must address challenges and opportunities) (2040) WASHINGTON -- The Democratic Republic of Congo (DROC) now stands at a "turning point," and thus "the U.S. government, including USAID, believes that we must maximize the opportunities while not ignoring the tremendous challenges" which can…

(Excerpt) DAILY HIGHLIGHTS Members of the Security Council on Tuesday expressed wide support for the Secretary-General's initiative to put together a new investigative team to probe allegations of massacres and other human rights violations in the east of what is now…