Rapports

HARPER, Liberia, April 4 (UNHCR) - The growing conflict in eastern Liberia has seriously hampered the UN refugee agency's efforts to assist tens of thousands of people fleeing the Ivorian crisis. More than 5,000 twice-displaced refugees have approached UNHCR in…

SC/7716, AFR/596 Following is the press statement on Burundi, delivered today by Security Council President Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico): The members of the Security Council welcome the announcement by President Buyoya that, in accordance with the transitional Constitution, he will yield the…

At a glance Introduction Already deeply scarred by a seven-year civil war, Liberia continues to face the consequences of conflict. Fighting between rebels and government forces has left hundreds of people dead and thousands of others displaced - many of them…

I. INTRODUCTION Rwanda's children have seen the worst of humanity. Eight years after a group of politicians set in motion a genocide in an attempt to retain power, the devastating consequences for those who were left behind are unmistakable. Traditional…

(New York, April 3, 2003) Rwandan children still suffer the devastating consequences of the 1994 genocide and the war that preceded and followed it, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. In the 80-page report, "Lasting Wounds: Consequences of…

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, April 2 (UNHCR) - Oscar award-winning actress Angelina Jolie has travelled the world both for location shoots and in her capacity as Goodwill Ambassador for the UN refugee agency. But there was one journey she…

As the various factions in Côte d'Ivoire grapple with the challenges of rebuilding their nation in the aftermath of sixth months of conflict, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has proposed the creation of a new United Nations mission in the country…

NZEREKORE, Guinea, April 2 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has begun to transfer more than 7,000 newly arrived Liberian refugees from Guinea's south-eastern border to safer inland camps as more refugees trickled in after fleeing a weekend of…

INTERVIEW Charles Cobb Jr. Washington, DC Sporadic fighting between rebels and government soldiers continues in Burundi despite an agreement reached in Arusha, Tanzania, in August 2000 and most recently, a December 2002 ceasefire between the government and rebel Forces of the Defence…

HR/CN/1014 Special Rapporteurs on Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iraq, Personal Representative on Cuba, and Justice Minister of Congo Speak (Reissued as received.) GENEVA, 1 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights heard this morning from the Minister of…