Rapports

Sixty-fourth session Item 67 (a) of the provisional agenda Promotion and protection of the rights of children Summary The present report highlights a number of critical themes and emerging issues of concern, such as the effects of terrorism and counter-terrorism measures…

Kinshasa, 5 August 2009 - The weekly MONUC press conference today focused on the activities of MONUC's Joint Protection Teams which were set up in February 2009. These multidisciplinary teams, comprising of MONUC's Human Rights, Child Protection, Civil Affairs and…

OSRSG/090804 New York, 04 August 2009. The Security Council today unanimously adopted a new landmark resolution 1882 on children and armed conflict. For the first time, the Council calls upon the Secretary-General to expand his "list of shame" beyond recruitment and use…

Kinshasa, 28 July 2009 - In an interview, UNHCR spokesperson Francesca Fontanni tells us what her organization is doing to assist Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Ruzizi plain area of South Kivu. These population displacements have occurred after the…

Kinshasa, 28 juillet 2009 - Francesca Fontanini est porte-parole du Haut Commissariat des Nations unies pour les Refugiés (UNHCR). Elle nous parle de ce que fait présentement son organisation pour venir en aide aux personnes déplacées dans la plaine…

Kinshasa, 20 July 2009 - MONUC's Joint Protection Teams (JPTs), comprising of civil affairs, human rights and child protection staff, have carried out 37 multidisciplinary field missions in the provinces of North and South Kivu since February 2009. By bringing…

BAMAKO, 23 June 2009 - This is the question being posed in Bamako by experts as they meet to encourage the development of Ombudsmen for children in a region noted for high rates of child mortality and serious rights…

SC/9688 Security Council 6147th Meeting* (AM) Under-Secretary for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pasco Briefs, Along with Chair of Peacebuilding Commission's Central African Republic Configuration If the Central African Republic was to build on the momentum created by the national political dialogue held in late…

In the run-up to the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - a landmark international agreement on the basic human rights of all children - UNICEF is featuring a series of stories about progress…

Abidjan, le 10 juin 2009 - L'Opération des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire (ONUCI) a organisé, mercredi, en partenariat avec le Forum des ONG et associations d'aide à l'enfance en difficulté, une table ronde sur le thème : «…