Reports

April 20, 2004 - In 2002, allegations of sexual exploitation of refugees by humanitarian workers in West Africa rocked the humanitarian world. Workers stood accused of abusing their power by trading access to scarce relief supplies for sex. The…

General Situation 1. Highlights Liberia DDRR process commences Liberia's disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and resettlement (DDRR) of an estimated 40,000 combatants commenced on 15 April in Gbarnga, 86 miles northeast of Monrovia with out problems. As of 19 April, UNMIL had officially disarmed…

MUYINGA, Burundi (UNHCR) - The work of the "legal clinic" is carried out on wheels. Early in the morning, when the fog lifts, the Land Cruiser carrying a team of three lawyers from the UN refugee agency leaves the town…

UNMIL/PIO/PR/62 (Monrovia, Liberia) - Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Coordinator of UN Operations in Liberia Jacques Paul Klein yesterday commissioned the newly rehabilitated Zone One Police Station on Bushrod Island in Monrovia. The police station was renovated by the local…

The commander of United Nations forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) visited the troubled eastern regions of the Great Lakes country and held talks with officials in neighbouring Burundi on enforcing the arms embargo against the…

par Eliane Nabaa/MONUC Entre le 7 et le 13 avril 2004, le commandant des forces de la MONUC le général de division Samaila Iliya a effectué une visite de travail qui l'a conduit au nord et au sud Kivu…

This report* does not necessarily reflect the official position of the United Nations. Weekly Highlights 80-100,000 people face humanitarian crisis along the Angola-DRC frontier; OCHA leads inter-agency mission Clashes between armed groups in North-Kivu lead to several different population displacements within the…

Ce rapport ne reflète pas nécessairement la position officielle des Nations Unies. FAITS MAJEURS 80.000 à 100.000 personnes font face à une crise humanitaire le long de la frontière entre la RDC et l'Angola, selon différentes sources humanitaires. OCHA y a…

Thousands of Liberian Children to Benefit from UNICEF Support GENEVA/ MONROVIA, 16 April 2004 - With the re-commencement of the disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation, and reintegration (DDRR) of fighters of Liberia's warring factions on15 April 2004, UNICEF is mobilizing resources to provide…

More than 250 former combatants from the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) faction gave up their weapons as a disarmament and reintegration programme was smoothly launched in the war-torn West African country, the United Nations said today. "Approximately 254…