Reports

Forced to evacuate staff and suspend deliveries of desperately needed medical and health supplies, United Nations relief agencies in Liberia warned that a "dire humanitarian situation" is unfolding as rebel forces close in on the capital, Monrovia. The UN High…

The Liberian Red Cross has been busy providing safe drinking water to residents of Monrovia and transporting the wounded to hospital as fighting between government forces and rebel forces gets closer to the capital. The Liberian Red Cross (LRCS) had…

FOR THE FINANCING OF THE EMERGENCY MULTISECTOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION PROJECT (PMURIS) AND THE MULTISECTORAL INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT PROJECT Press Release [No. SEGL3/F/30/03] ADDIS ABABA, 4 JUNE 2003 - Mr. Bisi Ogunjobi, Vice-President of the African Development Bank (ADB) in charge of operations…

Working together with France, Belgium will be involved in the strategic and tactical transport (using A310s and C130s respectively) of troops and logistical support resources for the stabilization force in Ituri. The mission will last two months. - Belgium, in…

May 2003 1. Executive Summary Sierra Leone continues to make further progress in the consolidation of peace and stability, albeit some internal hitches and increasing instability in the sub-region. The stable environment in Sierra Leone is enabling continued opportunities for reintegration and…

May 2003 1. OVERVIEW / EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As outlined in the Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) 2003, the aim of the humanitarian community in Liberia is to save lives and strengthen the coping mechanisms of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),…

Appeal Target: US$ 2,979,441Balance Requested from ACT Network: US$ 2,440,764 Geneva, 3 June 2003 Dear Colleagues, This appeal was originally issued on 17 April 2003 with Lutheran World Federation Department of World (LWF/DWS) as the implementing member and is…

May 2003 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The security and humanitarian situation along the Guinean border with Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire has drastically changed over the last six months. When building the most likely scenario for the 2003 CAP, the crisis…

May 2003 1. OVERVIEW / EXECUTIVE SUMMARY There has been significant progress in the implementation of the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Accords, marked by the signature of various peace agreements and, most recently, the smooth transition in presidential…

IP/03/783 Brussels, 2 June 2003 - The European Commission has recently taken decisions to help victims of humanitarian crises in Eritrea (€1.3 million), Central African Republic (€1 million), the Philippines (€500,000) and Argentina (€495,000). The assistance is channelled through the Humanitarian…