Rapports

By Anneke Van Woudenberg, Senior Researcher on the Democratic Republic of Congo for Human Rights Watch, published in Le Potentiel Last week, the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, put four notorious warlords under house arrest in Kinshasa.…

S/2005/158 Letter dated 11 March 2005 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council I have the honour to submit for the consideration of the members of the Security Council the report of the assessment mission I dispatched…

Ituri : l'étau se resserre autour des milices armées Face aux multiples provocations des milices qui pilulent en Ituri et à leurs exactions contre les populations civiles, la MONUC dénonçait récemment une « tentative de déstabilisation » du district. La MONUC…

Lettre ouverte à l'attention : Du Président en exercice de la CEDEAO, M. Mamadou Tandja, Du Président en exercice de l'Union africaine, M. Olusegun Obasanjo Du Président de la Commission de l'Union africaine, M. Alpha Oumar Konaré, Du Président de…

NEW YORK, 10 March 2005 - Vital aid is being restored to eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo after agencies were forced to withdraw last week because of renewed fighting. They say there has been a dramatic…

Objective The Commission on Human Rights should appoint a Special Rapporteur for the African Great Lakes region (Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, Uganda and Rwanda) to report on cross border human rights concerns, including the growth of ethnic tensions and…

(Geneva, March 9, 2005) - With a membership that includes governments responsible for crimes against humanity, the U.N. Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva next week must take dramatic steps to restore its sinking credibility, Human Rights Watch…

The following statement was issued by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights: The Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights,…

ACCRA / MONROVIA, March 9 (UNHCR) - The government of Japan has donated US$3 million to UNHCR in Liberia, boosting the refugee agency's repatriation and reintegration operation and creating a viable environment for uprooted Liberians to return home after…

S/2005/149 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1577 (2004) of 1 December 2004, by which the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB) until 1 June 2005 and requested me…