Rapports

ActionAid has welcomed the deployment of a UN-authorised multinational force in Liberia and expressed its support for the continuing peace talks in Ghana. It has urged donor governments to back the peace process with sufficient resources and political will. A…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since the last session of the Commission on Human Rights the situation of human rights in Liberia has deteriorated in a shocking manner. This report provides information for the urgent consideration of the Commission on Human Rights…

By Joel Frushone, Africa Policy Analyst U.S. Committee for Refugees U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR) conducted an extensive three-week site visit to West Africa from mid-June to mid-July 2003 to examine the influx of newly uprooted Liberian refugees in Côte d'Ivoire…

S/2003/801I. Introduction 1. By its resolution 1479 (2003) of 13 May 2003, the Security Council established the United Nations Mission in Côte d'Ivoire (MINUCI), for an initial period of six months, with a mandate to facilitate the…

Extension declared because of ongoing conflict in Liberia The Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Status (BCIS) announced August 7 that the Secretary of Homeland Security has granted temporary protected status to certain Liberian citizens now in the United States. The status…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: The last situation report was dated March 25, 2003. BACKGROUND The Tutsi minority, which represents 14 percent of Burundi's 6.85…

I. SUMMARY The Regional Humanitarian Meeting for West Africa, convened by the Secretary General's Humanitarian Envoy for the Cote d'Ivoire Crises, and hosted by UNICEF, was held in Dakar from 17-18 July 2003. The Meeting brought together Donors, UN, NGO…

Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leone, & (Liberia) 22 June -- 02 July 2003 Introduction As the countries of the Mano River Basin and Côte d'Ivoire become more entangled in a series of interlinked humanitarian crises it is vital that…

MONROVIA, Liberia, August 5 (UNHCR) - As the first international peacekeeping troops arrive in Liberia, UNHCR and other aid agencies have been getting ready to resume assistance to hundreds of thousands of people displaced by recent fighting in the strife-torn…

HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 1. Implementation of new malaria treatment protocol UN World Health Organisation (WHO) organised a meeting on the 30 July 2003 with Health partners involved in the implementation of the new malaria treatment protocol. Partners were informed that two manufacturers have…