Reports

Press Briefing Noting a "dramatic transformation" in Sierra Leone, following his recent visit there, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Olara Otunnu, called on the international community not to shift their attention away from that country at such…

General Situation Life goes on in Abidjan, with various political, civic and religious actors daily calling for, either, calm and compromise, or a rejection of the programme to include the rebels in the government. Humanitarian Consequences UNHCR opened a new centre…

1 March 2003 - UNICEF regional director for West and Central Africa, Rima Salah and Côte d'Ivoire country representative, Georgette Aithnard, have held talks with the main Ivoirian rebel group, the Movement Patriotic de Cote d'Ivoire (MPCI) during which…

AFR/568, HR/4647 FREETOWN, 28 February (Office of Special Representative) - At the conclusion of a week-long visit to Sierra Leone (22-28 February), Under-Secretary-General Olara A. Otunnu, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, has called upon the…

(Near Verbatim) OLARA OTUNNU, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT The most important thing I want to report to you is I am very impressed by the transformation which has taken place in Sierra Leone in the…

HIGHLIGHTSRefugees Concerns and constraints The recent upsurge of fighting in Liberia is having a tremendous impact on the normal lives of Sierra Leoneans, especially those living along the border areas. A continuing large refugee presence along the Zimmi…

E/CN.4/2003/35 COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-ninth session Item 9 of the provisional agenda QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights pursuant to Commission on…

During his visit to Save the Children's programme in Daru, Sierra Leone this Wednesday, Olara Otunnu - the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict - will be urged to provide support to enable children to participate safely…

(Near Verbatim) OLARA OTUNNU, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT This is my fourth visit to the country in my present capacity. I first came here on the very day the democratic government was restored to power…

S/2003/211 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1417 (2002) of 14 June 2002, by which the Council decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic…