Rapports

ARLINGTON, VA September 30, 2003 - A sharp escalation in fighting between two rebel groups has resulted in intentional murder and rape of hundreds and displacement of thousands of civilians in the east and northwest of Bujumbura. There have…

Text/Photos: Kent Page, UNICEF Regional Communication Officer, West & Central Africa Region Monrovia, Liberia, 20 September 2003 "It happened right there", says Anthony Nelson, Principal of the Newport Elementary School in Monrovia. "Right there, where those boys are playing football. It…

Inadequate human rights training and insufficient French-speaking liaison and humanitarian affairs officers are seriously hampering the ability of the United Nations peace keeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUC, to effectively protect human rights and maintain security in…

SC/7878 Security Council 4830th Meeting (AM) The Security Council this morning established a stabilization force for Liberia of up to 15,000 troops to assist in implementing a ceasefire and peace agreement, which was signed in August and aims at national elections…

Report on ISS International Expert Workshop Pretoria, 17-19 September 2003 A Participant's Perspective By Invitation Dr. Emeric Rogier Research Fellow The Netherlands Institute of International Relations "Clingendael" Conflict Research Unit September 2003 Introduction 1. The expert workshop on the challenges of peace implementation in the DRC…

General Situation The protection of civilians remains a preoccupation for humanitarian actors. The continued intimidation and abuse of human rights by armed parties, highlighted in recent missions to Buchanan and Gbarnga, must stop. United Nations agencies, together with NGOs and INGOs…

Amnesty International today welcomed Security Council Resolution 1509 (2003) which establishes a United Nations peace-keeping operation in Liberia (UNMIL) and provides for a UN human rights presence to protect, promote and monitor human rights. "The text of the resolution is not…

WHO STAFF MEETING There will be a DDR meeting tomorrow at 11:00 am to discuss the CAP draft. WHO focal persons should fully participate in the meeting. WHO will begin developing the health intervention component of the DDR. This Action…

A/58/379 Fifty-eighth session Item 119 (c) of the provisional agenda* Human rights questions: human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives Note by the Secretary-General The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the report of the United…

Abidjan, 18 September 2003 - One year after the events that brought in Côte d'Ivoire an instabilityunknown by the country since independence, humanitarian agencies of the United Nations commend the concrete progress made so far in the process of…