Rapports

ICRC News 96/18 The ICRC has supplied emergency aid for 14,000 newly displaced people in the Rutshuru area, east of Masisi (Zaire). More than 50,000 displaced people had already arrived recently in the area, where conflict has flared between Zairian…

As new peace talks begin in Ghana today, aid agencies warned that Monrovia's population faces complete devastation if a solution is not found. Six international agencies, including Save the Children (UK) and Oxfam handed the following statement to the…

6-7 May 1996 THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT WAS PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN LIBERIA UN AGENCIES, INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND NGOS SUMMARY A UNILATERAL CEASE-FIRE WAS DECLARED BY THE ''GOVERNMENT'' AND WENT INTO…

29-30 April 1996 The information contained in this report was provided by the Office of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Operational Activities in Liberia UN Agencies, International Organisations and NGOs SUMMARY Humanitarian operations during this period were severely constrained due to the…

After ten months of living in Bujumbura and talking to both Hutu and Tutsi mid-level leaders, I am more and more convinced that the greatest contribution the international community can make in Burundi, greater than humanitarian aid, greater than…

S/1996/286/Add.1 1. The purpose of the present addendum is to report to the Security Council on the results of the mission that the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs undertook to Rwanda from 19 to 24 April 1996 in order to bring…

Short mission to Monrovia Following radio contact with local staff in Monrovia, the ICRC decided to send a delegate and a Portuguese Red Cross nurse back into the Liberian capital on Sunday, 21 April, for a short mission. Their main…

The adverse effects of mines may be calculated in terms not only of the dramatic increase in the number of casualties; they also take the form of restrictions on the work of humanitarian organizations, which are prevented from reaching…

The information contained in this report was provided by the Office of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Operational Activities in Burundi, UN Agencies, International Organisations and NGOs GENERAL A situation of insecurity persisted throughout most of the country this week characterised…