Reports

A pilot project in DRC aims to help demobilize and reintegrate female ex-combatants - Two-hundred people in the town of Kindu are facing down stigma and learning basic skills - A program evaluation will compare women who have been helped…

Le genre et réformes du secteur de la sécurité (RSS) est le thème d'un atelier de cinq jours organisé depuis ce lundi à Bujumbura par le Bureau Intégré des Nations Unies au Burundi (BINUB) à l'intention des acteurs des…

GA/SHC/3933 Sixty-third General Assembly Third Committee 33rd & 34th Meeting (AM & PM) Hears from Special Rapporteur on Racism, Chair of Mercenaries Working Group; Religious Defamation, Progress towards Durban Review Conference among Issues Shoring up respect for human rights was key…

Office of the Senior Advisor and Coordinator on Sexual Violence About the Office In April 2008 a Senior Adviser and Coordinator on Sexual Violence for DRC was appointed, located within the Office of the DSRSG/HC/RC at MONUC. Her position was…

GA/SHC/3932 Sixty-third General Assembly Third Committee 32nd Meeting (PM) Council President Says 'Implementation Phase' Has Been Reached; Two Groups of Countries Already Reviewed under Universal Mechanism "2007-2008 ... marked the achievement of the institutional renewal of the United Nations human rights…

GA/10774 Sixty-third General Assembly Plenary 34th & 35th Meetings (AM & PM) International Court Chief Highlights 'Most Productive Year in Court's History'; Head of Criminal Court Says, 'Like Justice Itself, Court Impartial and Enduring' In a period of intense activity that…

CS/9487 Conseil de sécurité 6005e séance – matin & après-midi « Malgré des progrès, les femmes continuent d'être marginalisées », constate la Conseillère spéciale pour la parité entre les sexes et la promotion de la femme Le Conseil de sécurité…

SC/9487 Security Council 6005th Meeting (AM & PM) Hears 50 Speakers in Day-Long Debate on 'Women and Peace and Security', Reaffirms Commitment to Implementation of Resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008) After a day-long debate on "Women, peace and security", in which…

UNMIL PR 90 Nimba County, Liberia - UN Police Commissioner, Mr. Henrik Stiernblad, says statistics available show that gender-based violence cases are now being reported more frequently in Liberia as compared to the past. Commissioner Stiernblad made this statement in Sanniquellie,…

Refugees and related humanitarian action UNHCR activities for Sudanese refugees Background - In eastern Chad, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), at the request of and in cooperation with the Chadian Government, assists nearly 250,000 Sudanese refugees…