Rapports

SUMMARY This reporting period saw a continuation of efforts towards the implementation of the Lome Peace Accord including: the formation of the government of national unity proposed by President Kabbah on 21 October 1999, the start of…

JANUARY - DECEMBER 2000 November 1999 1 Summary The Republic of the Congo (ROC) recently suffered two wars, from June to October 1997 and beginning again in September 1998. War spread to the capital, Brazzaville, in December 1998. A…

Freetown, 15 October 1999 The Bulletin covers the period since October 1. For the preceding period please see Implementation Bulletin No. 2 of 27 September 1999. Introductory note: The Sierra Leone Human Rights Committee (SLHRC), a consortium of local and international organisations…

(Revised Version) (The last fact sheet on Sierra Leone was dated August 10, 1999) Background: Beginning in 1991, Sierra Leone has suffered a civil crisis in which the rebel forces, principally the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), battled the government. The war…

UN reaffirms "grave" situation in Kinkala The UN country team on Tuesday reconfirmed its recent findings of a "grave humanitarian crisis" in the town of Kinkala. The government, in a communique read over state radio on Sunday, had described as "excessive"…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org DRCONGO: Goma produce released without payment of duties Goods which had piled up at customs posts established by…

Freetown, 23 - 30 September 1999 1. Political Developments Sankoh, Koroma arrive in Freetown At the time of finalising this report, RUF leader Chairman Foday Sankoh and AFRC Chairman, Major Johnny Paul Koroma returned to Freetown after several delays…

Distr. GENERAL S/1999/1003 ( Reissued for technical reasons.) 28 September 1999 ORIGINAL: ENGLISHI. INTRODUCTION 1. By paragraph 4 of its resolution 1260 (1999) of 20 August 1999, the Security Council authorized the provisional expansion of the United Nations Observer Mission…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa Tel: +225 21 73 54 Fax: +225 21 63 35 e-mail: irin-wa@ocha.unon.org Annan recommends 6,000 peacekeepers for Sierra Leone Secretary-General Annan, has recommended that the Security Council establish a…

Freetown, 27 September 1999 The Bulletin covers the period since September 1. For the preceding period please see Implementation Bulletin No. 1 of 1 September 1999. Introductory note: The Sierra Leone Human Rights Committee (SLHRC), a consortium of local and international organisations…