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Commission on Human Rights MORNING Concludes General Debate on Effective Functioning of Human Rights Mechanisms and on Advisory Services and Technical Cooperation The Commission on Human Rights this morning heard presentations from the Independent Experts on the situation of…

SC/8361 Security Council 5163rd Meeting (PM) Resolution 1596 (2005), Adopted Unanimously, Condemns Continuing Illicit Flow of Weapons into CongoleseTerritory The Security Council, condemning the continuing illicit flow of weapons within and into the Democratic Republic of the Congo, decided today that the arms…

Commission on Human Rights MORNING 18 April 2005 The Commission on Human Rights this morning continued its general debate on the promotion and protection of human rights, hearing from a series of non-governmental organizations which called for ending…

S/RES/1596 (2005) The Security Council, Recalling its resolutions concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular resolutions 1493 of 28 July 2003, 1533 of 12 March 2004, 1552 of 27 July 2004, 1565 of 1 October 2004 and 1592 of 30 March 2005,…

Highlights UNDP, UNFPA and UNICEF jointly signed action plans of 2005-2007 cooperation programmes with the Government of Burundi (Press release issued in Bujumbura on 13 April 2005). The current cooperation programmes were formulated within the framework of the implementation of the…

Ce rapport ne reflète pas nécessairement la position officielle des Nations Unies. FAITS MAJEURS Les FDLR acceptent l'élargissement de l'espace humanitaire dans les Moyens et Hauts Plateaux, dans la Province du Sud-Kivu. Dans le cadre de ces activités de plaidoyer pour…

Since UNHCR and partners began the official IDP return programme in November 2004, more than 90,000 Liberian IDPs out of a total of 260,000 living in formal camps have so far been assisted to return to their places of…

I. EVENEMENTS SIGNIFICATIFS Le lancement du CAP (Appel de fonds des agences humanitaires pour la sous région) a eu lieu le 30 mars à Dakar. Le montant de cet appel de fonds de 190 millions de dollars a été…

I. Summary There are some of us who can't seem to live without a weapon -- anywhere we hear about fighting, we have to go. It's because of the way we grew up -- and now it's in our…

The Hoover Village orphanage in Dixville, Liberia, provides a safe and loving home for more than 350 orphans and impoverished children, some of whom were formerly child soldiers. At the orphanage the children are assured of food, an education…