Rapports

In brief President Ndayizeye meets with Mr Pierre Nkurunziza of CNDD-FDD in Kampala [9th]. Tanzanian Ambassador to Burundi presented his credentials to President Ndayizeye [11th]. AU Commission Representatives, troop-contributing Countries (TCC - South Africa, Ethiopia, Mozambique) to the African Mission in Burundi (AMIB)…

Draft Resolutions Introduced on Refugee Issues, Torture, Migrants, Human Rights Conventions, Israeli Children GA/SHC/3764 Fifty-seventh General Assembly Third Committee 41st & 42nd Meetings (AM & PM) The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) focused on the human rights situations in Myanmar,…

SC/7915, AFR/753 Following is the text of the press statement on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo delivered by Security CouncilPresident Ismael Abra=E3o Gaspar Martins (Angola): The members of the Security Council heard a statement by the Secretariat…

Souren Seraydarian, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Operations and Rule of Law Abou Moussa, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary -General for Relief, Recovery and Rehabilitation and UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Liberia Mark Kroeker, Police Commissioner NEAR…

(New York, 11 November 2003): Over the weekend, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Liberia fielded an inter-agency security and protection mission to assess the security situation in Gbarnga and Zorzor prior to UN and NGO…

Introduction The Twa were originally a high-altitude forest people, inhabiting the mountains of the Albertine Rift Area in Central Africa, who specialized in hunting and gathering.1Historical accounts and stories regarding the origin of the Twa indicate that the Twa were the…

A United Nations-sponsored conference on peace, security and stability in Africa's Great Lakes region is an initiative towards improving human rights observance, but the continued clashes are obstacles to that end, a report to a UN General Assembly committee…

par Patricia Tome Dans la matinée du samedi 8 novembre 2003, une patrouille de la Brigade de l'Ituri a découvert, dans une maison située près du domicile du chef de l'Union des Patriotes Congolais (UPC), Thomas Lubanga, un groupe de…

Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) "create a frightening picture of one of the most serious human rights situations in the world," according to a report to the United Nations…

GENERAL SITUATIONI. Highlights a. A United Nations Special Diplomatic Briefing for Liberia was held on 7 November with participants from DFID (UK), EU, USAID, Canada, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, USA, China, Lebanon and Ghana. A presentation was…