Reports

Program Description The Liberia Transition Initiative (LTI) supports efforts to advance prospects for an inclusive and peaceful political transition in Liberia in the context of the 2003 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). By restoring critical transitional governance and civil society functions, increasing…

UNMIL/PIO/PR/120 (Monrovia, Liberia) - The Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), Mr. Souren Seraydarian and the Minister of Justice, National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL), Honorable Kabineh Ja'neh today at the UNMIL headquarters in Congo town, Monrovia, signed…

Introduction This Policy Brief summarizes a longer report to be published jointly by the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) and the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in December 2004. Based on fieldwork in Burundi and interviews in Nairobi, Kenya,…

Three hundred and sixty former Congolese refugees who survived the August 13 massacre at Katumba in Burundi have returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). They are currently living in an abandoned warehouse in Uvira in the province…

24 - 30 September 2004 A. GENERAL SITUATION Highlights Tripartite agreements signed On 27 September, the governments of Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire and the UNHCR, signed tripartite repatriation agreements, to set up the legal framework for the Liberian repatriation operation due…

Washington, DC, September 29, 2004 MR. CASEY: Afternoon, everyone. Welcome back to our next briefing for the day. As I think all of you know, U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Natsios is here with us today.…

A Report by Global Witness Executive Summary This report exposes the dynamics of the rush to exploit cobalt and copper in Katanga (south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)), and how the illicit trade in these minerals is contributing to the ruin…

SG/SM/9507, AFR/1038 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General has noted that the extraordinary session of the National Assembly convened by President Laurent Gbagbo on 11 August 2004 to consider the draft legislation…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi, Sept 28 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has urged the Congolese authorities to ensure the safety of a group of Congolese refugees who have chosen to return from Burundi despite hostilities at home. On Friday, a group…

ONUCI # 73 New York, le 27 septembre 2004 - Les membres du Conseil de sécurité ont entendu ce matin un exposé du Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général pour la Côte d'Ivoire, M. Albert TEVOEDJRE. Ils ont exprimé leur soutien…