Rapports

2 - 9 July 2004 A. GENERAL SITUATION Highlights OCHA formally integrates with UNMIL As of 1 July 2004, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) formally integrated with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) to provide requisite humanitarian coordination…

1. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS/ HIGHLIGHT The UN Security Council mission to West Africa visited Côte d'Ivoire on the 22-23rd June, on the second leg of a regional tour meant to support peace and stability in West Africa. The delegation met with…

by Yulu Kabamba The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) has already initiated a study of the terms of reference for the Verification Mechanism to address the conflicts between the DRC and Rwanda, MONUC Head of…

by Eliane Nabaa/MONUC On the occasion of the DRC's 44th Independence celebrated on 30 June, Bukavu women launched a several-month campaign against sexual abuse on «spouses, mothers, daughters and small children» of DRC men. Thousands women, all clad in dark dresses and…

par Nana Rosine Ngangoue La Mission des Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo (MONUC) a déjà commencé à étudier les termes de référence du Mécanisme de vérification sur les sujets litigieux entre la RDC et le Rwanda, a annoncé…

OVERVIEW The crisis provoked by the struggle in late May and early June 2004 for control of Bukavu, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's strategically sensitive South Kivu province that borders Rwanda, is a stark reminder that…

Underscoring the vital importance of Africa's women for economic development, fighting HIV/AIDS and achieving peace, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has lambasted the use of sexual and gender-based violence as a weapon of war in the continent's conflicts. "Every effort…

par Eliane Nabaa/MONUC A l'occasion du 44e anniversaire de l'Indépendance du Congo célébré le 30 juin, les femmes de Bukavu ont lancé le début d'une campagne - qui devrait s'étendre sur plusieurs mois - pour stopper les violences sexuelles contre…

S/2004/536 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1537 (2004) of 30 March 2004, by which the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) for an…

International Criminal Court to consider allegations against Congo's Vice President The Bambuti Pygmies in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were targeted for extermination by forces controlled by one of the Congo's current Vice Presidents, reveal the findings of…