Rapports

Appeal Target: US$ 819,141 Geneva, 10 September 2003 Dear Colleagues, The Lutheran World Federation Department of World Service (LWF/WS) working with the Eglise du Christ au Congo (ECC) with its member churches would like to maintain their presence in…

There is no peace yet in Liberia. An emergency humanitarian response clearly separated from the peace-enforcement activities is needed now. The Security Council's highest priority must be to ensure that war-affected Liberians are protected from violence, and are assisted adequately,…

MSF addresses UN Security Council on urgent humanitarian needs. New York/Monrovia - Active fighting in Bong county northeast of the Liberian capital of Monrovia is threatening tens of thousands of people and forcing them to flee their homes and camps. In…

AI Index: AFR 62/036/2003 (Public) News Service No: 207 Although the Transitional Government of National Unity of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has recently been established, thousands of children in the DRC continue to compelled to sacrifice their childhood for…

(September 9, 2003) This information is based on interviews conducted by a Human Rights Watch researcher in Liberia from August 23 - September 9, 2003. The interviews were conducted in Monrovia and Buchanan with displaced persons, child soldiers, rape…

MONROVIA, Liberia, Sept 9 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency is growing increasingly concerned about the fate of thousands of Ivorian refugees scattered along Liberia's eastern border with Côte d'Ivoire, as widespread lawlessness and alarming rumours continue to fuel displacement,…

GENERAL SITUATION Combined United Nations and NGO inter-agency missions continued Monday, and over the weekend, assessing the needs of IDPs and other vulnerable populations in Bopolo, Buchanan, Salala, Falala, Kakate, and in Monrovia and its environs. A phased approach encouraging the…

FUNDS URGENTLY NEEDED FOR THE REINTEGRATION OF CHILDREN AFFECTED BY THE WAR Sierra Leone remains at the bottom of the Human Development ladder 98% of the estimated 6,845 demobilised children have been reunified 300,000 children (aged 6-12) do not…

Appeal Target: US$ 7,865,157Balance Requested from ACT Network: US$6,679,998 Geneva, 9 September 2003 Dear Colleagues, This appeal, first issued in January 2003, is being revised for the second time. This revision mainly focuses on responding to the devastating effects…

I. GENERAL SITUATION Humanitarian assistance is being delivered to areas under Government, LURD and MODEL control. Persisting insecurity continues to result in the displacement of large numbers of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and other civilians. Often fleeing their homes at a…