Reports

The foreign operations appropriations bill for FY 2001 is currently being acted on by the Senate and will soon go to a conference committee. Within this bill is funding for the Migration and Refugee Affairs (MRA) account. From the…

Civilians in Burundi are fleeing violence that has escalated in past weeks despite the signing of the peace accord on 28 August. Although most parties involved in the conflict - except the two main rebel Hutu groups - have…

Bujumbura, Burundi La Convergence Nationale pour la Paix et la Réconciliation (CNPR), qui regroupe une dizaine de partis politiques ou ailes dissidentes de partis, refuse de retourner à Arusha pour prendre part du 25 au 28 septembre dans cette…

Human African trypanosomiasis, the fatal neurological disease better known as sleeping sickness, was thought to be nearly eradicated by 1965 as a result of a sophisticated multinational diagnosis and treatment effort undertaken over a period of decades. But because of…

As the newly authorized United Nations peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea continues to gather pace, UN military observers today began a training course to prepare for the challenges ahead. The four-day training programme, which precedes the observers' deployment in the…

S/2000/879 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 15 of Security Council resolution 1298 (2000) of 17 May 2000, in which the Council requested me, inter alia, to submit, every 60 days after the date of the…

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 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Rebels reject Kabila's negotiation offer The two Ugandan-backed rebel groups, Mouvement liberation du Congo…

It is with a great relief that Action Against Hunger announces the liberation of its two humanitarian workers, Françoise Deutsch and Jonathan Ward on Monday September 18th, 2000. Françoise and Jonathan, respectively Action Against Hunger's Administrator and Logistician in Somalia…

C'est avec un grand soulagement qu'Action contre la Faim est en mesure d'annoncer la libération de ses deux volontaires, Françoise Deutsch et Jonathan Ward, ce lundi 18 septembre. Françoise et Jonathan, respectivement administratrice et logisticien d'Action contre la Faim en…

On the streets of Sudan's capital city, Khartoum, an estimated 30,000 children live on the streets. Many have a single parent or no parents because of the war. Our goal is to care for the needs of these boys.…