Reports

General Situation The inter-Agency and NGOs mission to Harper has ended its assessment and is now returning to Monrovia. Preliminary findings show that the situation is relatively calm. The airstrip and port remain in good working order, although there is…

Launch of the National Committee of Monitoring of Humanitarian Affairs On 8 September 2003 the Minister of Interior officially launched the National Committee of Monitoring of Humanitarian Affairs (Comité National de Suivi de l'Action Humanitaire). The committee is designed to form…

The 10-month armed crisis in Côte d'Ivoire has displaced more than 500,000 people, mainly those from Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea. The crisis in Liberia further de-stabilises the sub-region, aggravating the plight of people trapped between the…

Population Indicators: Total population in thousands (2001): 1,227 Population under 18 in thousands (2001): 612 Population under 5 in thousands (2001): 215 Annual number of births in thousands (2001): 55 Nutrition Indicators: Infants with low-birth weight (1995-2000): 20% Children exclusively breast-fed (<6 months): 37% Breastfed…

Appeal Target: US$ 819,141 Geneva, 10 September 2003 Dear Colleagues, The Lutheran World Federation Department of World Service (LWF/WS) working with the Eglise du Christ au Congo (ECC) with its member churches would like to maintain their presence in…

FUNDS URGENTLY NEEDED FOR THE REINTEGRATION OF CHILDREN AFFECTED BY THE WAR Sierra Leone remains at the bottom of the Human Development ladder 98% of the estimated 6,845 demobilised children have been reunified 300,000 children (aged 6-12) do not…

Appeal Target: US$ 7,865,157Balance Requested from ACT Network: US$6,679,998 Geneva, 9 September 2003 Dear Colleagues, This appeal, first issued in January 2003, is being revised for the second time. This revision mainly focuses on responding to the devastating effects…

New York - The humanitarian situation in Cote d'Ivoire remains worrisome, almost one year after an attempted coup d'etat that split the country in two, on 19 September 2002. Public services are still not available in the north and…

S/2003/863 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1492 (2003) of 18 July 2003, by which the Security Council requested me to report at regular intervals on progress made in achieving the…

GENERAL SITUATION The mass-movement of 50,000 IDPs witnessed by the humanitarian agencies and the Special Coordinator, Mr Ross Mountain, on 3 September on the Totota-Salala-Kakata road, reaffirms that while much progress has been made, the harassment and intimidation of civilians…