Reports

SC/6957 Stresses That Mission Will Contribute to 'Positive Climate' For Negotiation -- Not Replace Need For Final, Comprehensive Settlement The Security Council this afternoon emphasized that the deployment of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) should contribute to…

NAIROBI, 21 November (IRIN) - The Rwandan delegate to the UN General Assembly, Joseph Mutaboba, on Monday acknowledged the improved performance of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) over the past year, and said he looked forward to…

ANGOLA: "Intense" fighting reported "Intense" fighting has broken out between Angolan UNITA rebels and the army in the northern part of the country, news reports said on Tuesday. UNITA forces reportedly took control of the town of Quiculungo, 250 km east…

JOHANNESBURG, 21 November (IRIN) - Ruling SWAPO party supporters demonstrated in the northern Namibian town of Rundu on Monday demanding the deportation to Angola of detained UNITA representative and Namibian national, Jose Domingos Sikunda. Blaming the Angolan rebel group UNITA for…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org RWANDA: Government threatens legal action over adopted children The Rwandan government has said it may have no option…

DJIBOUTI, 21 November (IRIN) - Djibouti is to create a regional landmine Research and Training Centre to promote the Ottawa Ban Treaty on the elimination of landmines. Representatives from the Djibouti-based Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and a delegation from…

UNMEE/BR/5 UNMEE PUBLIC INFORMATION The United Nations Security Council continues to spotlight the situation in Ethiopia and Eritrea, holding an open briefing at UN Headquarters in New York on the Organization's newest peacekeeping operation. The meeting Friday began with a detailed briefing…

GOAL has been operational in Angola since 1993 responding to the ongoing needs of a country suffering from prolonged conflict. In the capital, Luanda, GOAL provides the Angolan Ministry of Health with technical and material assistance in two primary health care…

GOAL is responding to the famine in Ethiopia by distributing food aid in the Borana district of Southern Ethiopia and in Gode in the South East. Other aid items which we have distributed include fast water tankers, WHO health…

GA/9828Despite Recent Progress, Problems Persist "History teaches that as long as the duty of justice has not been discharged, the spectre of war can re-emerge", Claude Jorda, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia,…