Liberia
Following a special meeting that they held in Dakar on Monday 21 July 2003 on the deteriorating situation in Liberia with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, Mr. Ould Abdallah, and the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS,…
Liberia
President John Kufuor The Castle Osu, Accra Ghana July 18, 2003 Dear President Kufuor: We are writing to you as chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to welcome your efforts to end the conflict in Liberia and to create…
Liberia
Humanitarian Situation in Liberia Over recent weeks fighting in and around Monrovia has caused thousands of people to flee within the city. There are currently estimated to be between 155,000 and 200,000 internally displaced people and refugees in more than…
Liberia
Humanitarian Situation in Liberia Over recent weeks fighting in and around Monrovia has caused thousands of people to flee within the city. Following the breakdown of the peace talks and ceasefire two weeks ago, heavy fighting resumed between 23 and…
Sierra Leone + 2 more
S/2003/663 I. Introduction 1. In its resolution 1470 (2003) of 28 March 2003, the Security Council urged the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) to complete phase 2 of its drawdown plan as outlined in my seventeenth…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
On June 16, RI advocate Anne Edgerton participated in a press conference at the United Nations in New York to launch the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict's latest report on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), entitled…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The political situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is unstable and rapidly shifting in some areas. This report contains the most current information available about Congolese children up to early June 2003. INDICATORS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF…
Burundi
URGENT NEEDS IN CHILD PROTECTION AND EDUCATION Frequent displacement and looting of houses further weaken the community capacity to assist children Combats, displacement and human rights violations deprive children from school enrolment, especially young girls 1. EMERGENCY OVERVIEW AND…
Burkina Faso + 5 more
UNICEF appeals for US$ 18.5 million to provide assistance to some 3 million people in the sub-region 1 million Ivorian children out of school since the beginning of the crisis Over 100,000 people entered Guinea since upheavals began…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
A month ago Bunia, in war-torn Ituri district of eastern Congo, was plunged into violence and chaos. Groups of heavily armed children - some in their pre-teens - now dominate the town and terrorise its residents. Atrocities of an…
