Côte d'Ivoire
The following statement was issued today by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, Ambeyi Ligabo; the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Yakin Erturk; and the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism,…
Democratic Republic of the Congo + 3 more
Congolese refugees eager to return home despite continued insecurity in eastern DRC Patrice Bogna/MONUC Congolese refugees eager to return home: A commercial boat carrying an unspecified number of Congolese refugees from Pulungo (Zambia) and Kigoma (Tanzania) arrived in the Bukavu area. Similarly,…
Côte d'Ivoire + 3 more
8-14 November 2004 A. GENERAL SITUATION Highlights In order to assess the state of readiness to receive possible influxes of Ivorian refugees, due to problems in Cote D'ivoire, the Humanitarian Coordinator Mr. Abou Moussa led a High-Level Inter-Agency and NGO Mission to…
Democratic Republic of the Congo + 1 more
Les crises dans le Sud Kivu se succèdent et se ressemblent. Les événements de Bukavu en mai/juin, d'Uvira en septembre et en octobre, de Bukavu encore aujourd'hui ont un dénominateur commun reliant ces crises entre elles: l'acceptation des communautés…
Democratic Republic of the Congo + 3 more
FAITS MAJEURS Les organisations humanitaires lancent des "Trains humanitaires" pour ouvrir l'accès à plus de 2.200.000 personnes après l'inauguration du trafic ferroviaire Kisangani - Ubundu. Le Ministre des Transports a en effet inauguré le mercredi 10 novembre le chemin de fer…
Côte d'Ivoire
On 4th and 5th November 2004, Government warplanes bombed rebel-held targets in the northern area of Ivory Coast, casting serious doubts over the country's peace process. The targeted areas had been under the control of Forces Nouvelles (FN). Many…
Sierra Leone
Ref No UNAMSIL/PIO/PR/ 199/2004 Freetown, Sierra Leone - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sierra Leone (SRSG), Ambassador Daudi Ngelautwa Mwakawago yesterday addressed an informal session of the national Parliament on the drawdown plan of UNAMSIL (the United Nations Mission…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gabriela Litre/MONUC Tuesday November 9, 2004, 11:00 AM: With the determination of somebody who loves what she is doing, Donna Plotkin, Head of MONUC Child Protection office in Goma, enters the conference room in the Indian Camp with a…
Burundi + 4 more
S/2004/904 The mandate of my Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region, Ibrahima Fall, will expire on 31 December 2004. Since his appointment, Mr. Fall has pursued his efforts to help the core countries organize the international conference on the Great…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Press Review The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) hails the DRC Transition Government's commitment to fight against the abuses on civilians committed by the foreign armed groups in Walungu, South Kivu province. ''We stand…
