Rapports

UNMIL/PIO/PR/150 (Monrovia, Liberia) - Liberia's national elections scheduled to take place in October next year will be key to sustainable peace in the war-torn country, visiting Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guéhenno said today. Stressing the inalienable right of the people…

AI Index: AFR 47/015/2004 (Public) Amnesty International is urging the Government of Rwanda to do its utmost to foster the independence of the press and to refrain from interfering in judicial decisions by using the law to repress journalistic activities.…

SG/SM/9609, AFR/1072 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's remarks at the closing of the International Conference on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development in the Great Lakes Region, held in Dar-es-Salaam on 20 November 2004: The Dar-es-Salaam Declaration of Principles holds…

AI Index: AFR 16/021/2004 (Public) Amnesty International is calling on the National Assembly of Burundi to reject draft legislation which was adopted by the Council of Ministers on 16 November 2004. The bill, presented as a response to rising violent crime,…

Controversy and uncertainty about the return of Congolese refugees to eastern DRC Patrice Bogna/MONUC The security situation worsens as armed men target aid workers in eastern DRC: Two relief workers respectively from the NGO War Child and OCHA were attacked by…

15 - 21 November 2004 A. GENERAL SITUATION Highlights The Humanitarian Coordination Section led an interagency technical assessment mission to Butuo, Nimba County from 16 - 18 November. The team included representatives from UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA, UNDP, IOM, IRC, Africare…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries. In Brief Appeal…

Summary executions, torture, rape, disappearances, arbitrary arrests and destruction of property continue to be reported throughout Côte d'Ivoire both in government- and rebel-controlled zones and in the United Nations-patrolled Zone of Confidence (ZOC) separating the combatants, the UN mission there…

FAITS MAJEURS Plus de 33.000 personnes déplacées ont été recensées dans les localités voisines de la cité de Kusu, 50 Km au sud de Aru, District de l'Ituri, dans la Province Orientale. La population déplacée a…

COTE D'IVOIRE / LIBERIA Humanitarian agencies in northeastern Liberia are struggling to cope with the arrival of thousands of refugees from neighbouring Cote d'Ivoire. An estimated 13,000 people have crossed the border in the past two weeks, most of them…