Reports

SC/7878 Security Council 4830th Meeting (AM) The Security Council this morning established a stabilization force for Liberia of up to 15,000 troops to assist in implementing a ceasefire and peace agreement, which was signed in August and aims at national elections…

Amnesty International today welcomed Security Council Resolution 1509 (2003) which establishes a United Nations peace-keeping operation in Liberia (UNMIL) and provides for a UN human rights presence to protect, promote and monitor human rights. "The text of the resolution is not…

WHO STAFF MEETING The Agenda for this morning's UN- NGOs Health and Nutrition sector meeting was finalized. Data from the 3rd phase of the mass chlorination of community wells in Monrovia will be ready today. Other administrative issues were discussed. 2. UN…

SC/7874 Security Council 4826th Meeting* (AM) Calls for Focused, Impartial, Experienced, Professional Operation Jacques Paul Klein, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Liberia, called this morning for a credible, well trained United Nations force to replace the current multinational force in Liberia on 1…

Monsieur le Président, Messieurs (Mesdames) les Représentants Permanents, Messieurs, Mesdames, C'est un honneur pour moi que de vous présenter, aujourd'hui, le premier Rapport du Secrétaire général en ma capacité de Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général et Coordinateur des opérations des Nations…

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…

S/2003/875 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1497 (2003) of 1 August 2003, by which the Council authorized the deployment of a multinational force in Liberia and declared its readiness to…

GENERAL SITUATION The deployment of ECOMIL forces yesterday to Salala, extending into Totota (115 kilometres northeast of Monrovia), has brought renewed stability and confidence to IDPs and civilians. Humanitarian assessment missions today indicate that those IDPs who fled the fighting yesterday…

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…

(September 9, 2003) This information is based on interviews conducted by a Human Rights Watch researcher in Liberia from August 23 - September 9, 2003. The interviews were conducted in Monrovia and Buchanan with displaced persons, child soldiers, rape…