Reports

Despite on-going leadership struggles in Liberia's strongest rebel movement and the U.N.'s labored pursuit of disarmament, Northwest Medical Teams sent its fifth group of medical volunteers to Liberia this week. The team of two physicians and a nurse will care for…

Appeal Target: US$ 783,616 Geneva, 21 January 2004 Dear Colleagues, In the Mano River region of West Africa, Guinea has remained a relatively peaceful country in the midst of instability which has plagued the region for over a decade…

SC/7985 Security Council 4898th Meeting* (AM & PM)Special Representative, UNICEF Executive Director Brief Council, Say Outrages against Children Persist, Rights Violated with Impunity Despite tangible progress in the struggle to ensure the protection, rights and well-being of children exposed…

The International Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. The Federation is the world's largest humanitarian organization, and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180 countries. All international assistance…

15 -20 January 2004 General Situation 1. DDRR Following a meeting on 15 January of the Joint Monitoring Commission (JMC) meeting, it was agreed to hold a 15-day information and sensitization campaign that would constitute the re-commencement of the DDRR Process. A…

The International Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. The Federation is the world's largest humanitarian organization, and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180 countries. All international assistance…

The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has opened its first medical camp to provide free health services to the local population. During its three days of operation, the site, run by a contingent of Pakistani troops serving with UNMIL,…

UNMIL/PIO/PR/34 (Monrovia, Liberia) - The UN Mission in Liberia's Pakistani Contingent opened a three-day free medical camp on 15 January for the local population in Sass Town, Kley District. The first such medical camp to have been provided to the…

Appeal target: CHF 338,044 (USD 231,949 or EUR 229,834) Period covered: September to December 2003 The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions…

Bunyakiri Health Zone, South Kivu Province, January 16, 2004 -- Despite a recent ceasefire to end the deadliest war in Africa's history, eastern DRC remains overrun by numerous armed rebel groups and militias, plundering gold, diamonds and valuable minerals, terrorizing,…