Reports

GA/AB/3846 Sixty-second General Assembly Fifth Committee 38th Meeting (AM) Other Reports Concern Conduct and Discipline, Best Practices, Training, Office of Internal Oversight With the total United Nations annual peacekeeping budget reaching a record $7.4 billion in 2008/09, speakers in the Fifth…

by Annie Raykov, UNHCR BONUCA, UNHCR and UNICEF train civilian and military authorities on the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, Human Rights and Child Protection in Armed Conflict Since 2005, the civilian population in northern CAR has been subjected to widespread…

SC/9325 Security Council 5887th Meeting (AM) Briefed by Department of Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding Commission; Secretary-General's Report Recommends Peacebuilding Office to Follow Current Mission There was a real opportunity to consolidate the gains made in Sierra Leone if the international community sustained its support for the…

Charles Gba/MONUC Kemal Saïki, Directeur du Bureau du Porte-parole et des Relations avec les Médias. Bonjour à toutes et à tous et merci pour votre fidélité à ce rendez-vous hebdomadaire de l'information avec la MONUC. Bonjour également aux auditeurs de Radio…

UNMIL  PR 37 Buchanan, Liberia - A nation-wide campaign against rape, jointly organised by the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the Government of Liberia has now been taken to the second largest city, Buchanan, with an urgent call on…

The tragic situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and sexual violence were the main issues discussed at a hearing on women in armed conflicts held jointly by the EP development and women's rights committees on Tuesday. More consistent…

UNMIL  PR 38 Monrovia, Liberia - The UN Envoy in Liberia, Ms. Ellen Margrethe Løj, has joined Liberia's Vice-President, Ambassador Joseph Boakai in calling for the further advancement of women's rights in post-conflict Liberia. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG)…

Fathya Waberi / MONUC The Public Information Section/ARU, in cooperation with the Gender Office, the 'Forum des Mamans d'Aru' (ARU Women's Forum) and many NGOs that deal with the sexual violence issue, launched an awareness campaign on 2 May 2008…

Fathya Waberi / MONUC La section de l'Information publique/Aru, en partenariat avec le Bureau Genre, Famille et Enfant, le Forum des Mamans d'Aru et plusieurs ONG œuvrant sur la question des violences sexuelles, a initié, le 2 mai 2008, une…

(excerpt) KENYA: NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT On 17 April, a power-sharing government was sworn in, ending a bloody post- election crisis which claimed at least 1,500 lives The new prime minister, Raila Odinga vowed to bring power back to the people. Odinga…