Reports

Special Representative Olara Otunnu Tells Council Plan Aims at Structured Compliance, Enforcement Regime SC/8319 Security Council 5129th Meeting (AM & PM) Reaffirming its strong condemnation of the continued recruitment and use of child soldiers by parties to armed conflicts, the…

As of 15 February 2005, WHO has received reports of 61 deaths of pneumonic plague in Ituri district, Oriental province in the northern part of the country (see map below). The total number of cases is still not known.…

This summary outlines the main findings of the newly updated country profile on internal displacement in Burundi. The profile was prepared by the Global IDP Project of the Norwegian Refugee Council, which monitors and analyses internal displacement in some…

I Evénements significatifs Il s'est tenu à Accra du 10 au 13 janvier une rencontre du Forum des Organisations de la Société Civile en Afrique de l'Ouest (FOSCAO) en prélude au sommet de la CEDEAO. Ont participé…

Statement by Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mr. President, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Council on some of the humanitarian challenges we will face in Africa in 2005. Let me express my gratitude…

I. Evénements significatifs Une conférence des commandants des forces des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire, au Libéria et en Sierra Leone s'est tenue à Dakar le 1er décembre sous la houlette de UNOWA. Lors de cette rencontre…

Amount of decision: EUR 31,000,000 Decision reference number: ECHO/SDN/BUD/2004/05000 Explanatory Memorandum 1 - Rationale, needs and target population: 1.1. - Rationale: In the Greater Darfur Region of western Sudan, the security situation has been steadily deteriorating since late 2002 affecting large segments of…

Urges End to Use of Media to Incite Hatred, Violence; Also Stresses Need for Strategy to Address Root Causes of Conflict SC/8267 Security Council 5100th Meeting (AM & PM) Gravely concerned at the increased targeting of civilians during armed conflict,…

Amid a rapidly deteriorating security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the International Rescue Committee issued a mortality survey today which finds that more than 3.8 million people have died there since the start of the war in…

Executive Summary The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) is struggling to recover from a devastating six-year conflict that continues to destabilize Central Africa and cause immense suffering to the country's civilian population. The war that commenced…