Rapports

A. General Situation Highlights UNMIL to End Disarmament in October The Special Representative of the Secretary-General Jacques Paul Klein has said disarmament of ex-combatants will conclude at the end of October this year. He was briefing speaking at the regular UN Mission…

Note: This report updates the last fact sheet dated August 20, 2004 DARFUR EMERGENCY -- NUMBERS AT A GLANCE SOURCE Conflict Affected Persons in Darfur and Eastern Chad 2.2 million people U.S. Government, European Union, and United Nations Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Darfur 1.2 million people U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Information provided by Alascal Y. Wisner, coordinator, Liberia Council of Churches Geneva, September 3, 2004 -Just on a year ago, on August 18, 2003, Liberians found themselves wakening from the nightmare of civil war - one that would cost the…

Introduction Since early 2003, the conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan has provoked an outflow of some 200,000 refugees to eastern Chad and caused over one million persons to be internally displaced in Darfur. Armed attacks by Janjaweed…

Ce rapport ne reflète pas nécessairement la position officielle des Nations Unies. FAITS MAJEURS Plus de 10.000 personnes déplacées de la tribu des Babuyu vivent sans aucune assistance le long de la rivière Lwama, dans la province du Maniema. D'après les…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: the last situation report was dated May 14, 2004. BACKGROUND Since 1993, armed conflict in Burundi has claimed 300,000 lives and displaced…

A total of 2,046 cases and 98 deaths (case fatality rate, 4.8%) have been reported from 14 June to 22 August 2004 in Western Chad, some distance from the refugee camps in the east of the country. The outbreak…

Media Briefing WHO N=B04 Disease surveillance systems in Darfur The main health concerns facing displaced people in Darfur and their host communities include: malnutrition, acute respiratory infections, diarrhoeal diseases, malaria, hepatitis E and conflict-related trauma. The possibility of outbreaks of communicable…

HEALTH SITUATION Since July 2003, more than 180,000 Sudanese have crossed the border from Darfur into Chad. Conditions in refugee camps jeopardise health-in some cases, severely. Potable water is limited, environmental hygiene is very poor, nutritional status is low, and…

Recipient: Christian Aid Ministries Shipment Number: 3987 Shipment Date: 8/20/2004 Value: $157,766 While peace has returned to most of the war-torn nation of Liberia after 14 years of bloodshed, the transitional government has still not been able to restore basic services for…