Rapports

13 January, 1997 Nairobi, Kenya The following Press Statement is attributable to Martin Griffiths, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Great Lakes Region. The regional embargo on Burundi declared on July 31, 1996 continues to impose severe restrictions on the ability of…

NAIROBI, Jan 13 (Reuter) - Sanctions imposed on Burundi by regional leaders to punish a coup have severely cut humanitarian assistance and threaten the entire relief effort in the tiny Central African country, a U.N. official said on Monday. ''The…

SG/SM/6142 The following statement was issued today by the Acting Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General was shocked to learn of another massacre by the Burundi Army, on 10 January, of 122 Burundi refugees returning from the United Republic…

DATELINE ACT Great lakes region No 12 ACTions in Great Lakes Region - January 1997 Geneva, January 13, 1997 With 1,300,582 people (UNHCR figure) returning to Rwanda since mid-November, much of ACT International's attention is now focused on assisting returnees in their home…

NOTE: The Consolidated Great Lakes Report is a compilation of information from the following sources: USG cables; U.N., IO, and NGO situation reports; press clips; and USG departments, bureaus, and offices. The date and source of each entry are…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No.77 on the Great Lakes (Saturday-Monday 11-13 January 1997) - Burundi's Tutsi-dominated army has admitted killing 126 Hutu refugees on Friday who…

By Lesley Wroughton LUANDA, Jan 13 (Reuter) - Britain's Princess Diana arrived in the Angolan capital Luanda on Monday as part of a four-day private visit to boost a Red Cross campaign to ban the use of landmines. Diana arrived at…

30 Dec 1996 to 13 Jan 1997 Although representatives of major political parties in Burundi are scheduled to meet later this month to discuss the country's political future, the CNDD, the political arm of one of the leading rebel groups,…

LUANDA, Angola (PANA) - Parliamentarians from the former rebel movement, the National Union for Toatal Independence of Angola (UNITA) failed to return to Luanda Friday, as had been announced earlier. Isaias Samakuva, who heads the UNITA delegation in the joint commission…

The European Commission has approved a package of humanitarian aid worth ECU 14 million for Angola. The aid, managed by the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), will enable ECHO's partner organisations to carry out a coordinated programme of aid over…