Reports

Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 39 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Second Committee (A/59/479 and Corr.1)] The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 45/232 of 21 December 1990, 46/147 of 17 December 1991, 47/154 of 18 December…

S/2005/79 I have the honour to refer to Security Council resolution 1565 (2004) of 1 October 2004, regarding the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). In operative paragraph 25, the Council expressed grave concern at the…

BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, 9 February 2005 - Ongoing violence in Ituri district in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has forced at least 80,000 people to flee their homes. Reports indicate that villages…

La Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l'Homme (FIDH) et la Ligue togolaise des droits de l'Homme (LTDH) sont extrêmement préoccupées par la situation qui prévaut actuellement au Togo. Dès l'annonce du décès du Général Gnassingbé Eyadema, le 5 février…

Bunia, 8 February 2005 - Humanitarian organisations have begun the delivery of much-needed emergency assistance to the survivors of an attack on Tché, District of Ituri. Over 10,000 people are now gathered in the area, seeking protection from further…

Patrice Bogna A new wave of violence in Ituri causes the displacement of some 40 000 civilians: MONUC was informed of an upsurge of ethnic violence around Bunia, in Ituri, which had caused the destruction of 300 to 350 homes…

Patrice Bogna Une nouvelle vague de violences en Ituri provoque le déplacement d'environ 40 000 civils: La MONUC a été informée d'une nouvelle vague de violences ethniques autour de la ville de Bunia, en Ituri, qui a provoqué la destruction…

2 Expatriés et 16 spécialistes congolais ont quitté Bunia le 22 janvier pour parcourir 961 km en 6 jours. Le lendemain de leur arrivé, ils ont trouvé un stock de 168 obus enterrés au centre de Baraka même! Dès leur…

Washington, DC - February 3, 2005 - Long host to hundreds of thousands of refugees, Tanzania is now forcibly repatriating asylum seekers to still-volatile Burundi despite their genuine reasons to fear persecution, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced…

Introduction While the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been at the epicentre of war and regional crises in the Great Lakes Region since the mid-1990's, more recent developments usher hopes for the repatriation of refugees to some areas…