Reports

UNMIL | PR 34 Monrovia, Liberia - UNMIL is pleased to announce the launch of its report "Human Rights in Liberia's Orphanages", prepared by the UNMIL Human Rights and Protection Section. Human Rights officers (HROs) surveyed 97 orphanages in 11…

March 19 -25, 2007 HIGHLIGHTS - Several homes damaged by storm and fire in three counties; many homeless - Update on Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) - Over 1,100 Liberian refugees return to Lofa and other counties - Cross-border child protection…

With new Governments in power in both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi, both those countries had pledged to make child protection a major issue, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy, told correspondents…

I. Summary At the end of 2006, just over 400 children between the ages of 13 and 18 were incarcerated in Burundian prisons, the majority of them awaiting trial. Countless more children were held in communal holding cells and police…

I. Résumé Fin 2006, plus de 400 enfants âgés de 13 à 18 ans se trouvaient incarcérés dans les prisons burundaises, la majorité d'entre eux en attente de leur procès. Un nombre incalculable d'autres enfants étaient détenus dans des cachots…

New York/Bujumbura 13 March 2007 Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, is encouraged by the progress made by the Government of Burundi to ensure greater protection for children affected by the conflict. The Special Representative…

Sylvie van den Wildenberg / MONUC Sa visite, mandatée par le Secrétaire général des Nations Unies et le Conseil de sécurité, était attendue avec impatience par les acteurs de la Protection de l'Enfance oeuvrant à l'Est du Congo. Au cours…

New York/Goma le 9 mars 2007 - Suite à sa visite en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), Radhika Coomaraswamy, Représentante de l'ONU pour les enfants dans les conflits armés, appelle les autorités congolaises à renforcer la protection des enfants…

The new Government in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which was elected last year in landmark elections, must make child protection a "priority" and ensure enough resources are allocated to reintegrate former child soldiers into their communities, the…

During its weekly press conference on Wednesday February 14 2007, MONUC, placed a particular emphasis on the International Day of Children Associated with Armed Groups, held on February 12 last, and reiterated that the recruitment of children into armed…