Rapports

*97042107.AAF U.S. 'STRONGLY FAVORS' DISBANDING REGROUPMENT CAMPS IN BURUNDI (Would allow populations to resume normal activity) (410) WASHINGTON -- "The United States strongly endorses the Arusha Summit's call for the disbanding of forced regroupment camps in Burundi and for allowing affected populations to…

KHARTOUM, Sudan (PANA) - Two Ugandan soldiers, taken captive by the Sudanese army, appeared on state television Saturday night, saying they participated in last week's attack against Sudanese positions south of Juba. The two who spoke Swahili, an official language in…

John Barraclough talks to Bill Morton, Community Aid Abroad Program Officer for Somalia, and finds that lack of a Government doesn't necessarily mean anarchy and chaos. Perhaps no other country has been so publicly abandoned to its fate as…

(Excerpt) WFP EMERGENCY REPORT issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 16 of 1997 Date: 18 April 1997 This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda C) Kenya D) Angola E) Albania F) Iraq. From…

With the Government of National Unity and Reconciliation (GURN) installed, the Rapid Demobilization Programme (RDP) started on 15 April 1997. Before the launch of RDP, IOM had assisted 2,343 underage ex-combatants and 327 accompanying dependents. From 15 to 17 April…

DAKAR, Senegal (PANA) - The Uganda People's Defence Force says it has killed 60 Sudanese soldiers and captured 114 in a pre-emptive strike in which several rebels were also killed at Lelabur, just inside Uganda's border with Sudan. The captives…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for the Great Lakes Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 E-mail: irin@dha.unon.org INTRODUCTION Since November 1996 the number of refugees in Kigoma region has escalated from 50,000 Burundian refugees to 267,000…

Statement by President dos Santos at the First Special Session of the Council of Ministers of the Government of Unity and National Reconciliation Luanda, April 18, 1997 Distinguished Prime Minister Distinguished Members of the National Government It is my…

[Unedited text - not an official record] The Commission on Human Rights, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights, Reaffirming its commitment with regard to respect for the…

ip/97/323 The European Commission has approved a package of humanitarian aid worth ECU 11.8 million for Sudan. The aid, managed by the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), will enable specialist organisations of the United Nations and non-governmental agencies to carry out…