Rapports

SG/SM/8901, AFR/710 Following is the opening statement delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the high-level meeting on the Democratic Republic of the Congo: I am glad to see you all here today. I take your presence as a sign of…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: This Situation Report updates USAID/OFDA Liberia Situation Report #11, dated September 17, 2003. Background Liberia has been marked by intermittent…

Place: UNDP CONFERENCE ROOM Guests: Mr. Ross Mountain, UN Special Humanitarian Coordinator for Liberia; Dr. Omar Khatib, Country Representative of WHO; Mr. Justin Bagirishya, Country Representative WFP; Mr. Moses Okello, UNHCR; Mr. Cyrille Niameogo, Country Representative UNICEF, Elizabeth Odour-Noah, Deputy Representative…

GENERAL SITUATION A pattern of instability, characterised by persistent sporadic weapons fire, looting and human rights violations is emerging across northern-central Liberia (Bong, Lofa and Nimba counties). Reports that militia are pillaging and committing human rights abuses have been received from…

AFR/707, IHA/799 MONROVIA, 22 September (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- The United Nations Special Humanitarian Coordinator for Liberia, Ross Mountain, today backed a call from the Security Council for all parties to the conflict to immediately cease their…

OTTAWA - Up to four Canadian Forces officers will deploy on Operation LIANE, the Canadian contribution to the United Nations (UN) Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), from late September until early November 2003. The officers will deploy with the Stand-by High-Readiness Brigade…

Maureen Lynch is Director of Research and George Kun is McCall-Pierpaoli Fellow with Refugees International. Refugees fleeing fighting and persecution in their homeland have the right to seek safety without obstruction. In reality, however, they face difficulties at checkpoints and…

HR/4696 (Reissued as received.) GENEVA, 22 September -- The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iulia Motoc, has condemned recent incidents in Bunia, Ituri, during which fighters of the Union of Congolese…

GENERAL SITUATION The UN Special Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr Ross Mountain, returned to Liberia today after attending the Security Council meeting in New York last week, at which the Council resolved to deploy a UN stabilisation force to Liberia. In addition…

Activités humanitaires 1. Plan de contingence pour la capitale bujumbura Suite aux deplacements massifs de populations dans la ville de bujumbura au mois de juillet dernier, divers acteurs (dont la communaute humanitaire et le gouvernement) ont mene une evaluation et ont recommande…