Reports

News No. 04/13 On 4 February two 16-year-olds, Alexis and Gerard (not their real names), were reunited with their families in rural Burundi after being used as child soldiers in violation of international humanitarian law. Alexis had fled his village in…

Secretary-General, US Secretary of State, French Foreign Minster among Those Calling for Effective Action AFR/827 DEV/2461 International Reconstruction Conference on Liberia "Let us all seize this opportunity to end a long-running nightmare that has disgraced humankind. Let us consolidate the…

EU Should Provide Funding for Judicial Reforms in D.R. Congo (London, February 6, 2004) - President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo should prioritize justice for the horrific crimes committed in the country's five-year war, Human Rights Watch said…

3- 6 February 2004 GENERAL SITUATION 1. Highlights UNICEF facilitated a Consultative Conference with government representatives, civil-society leaders and children on Tuesday, 27 January. The conference objective was to gather information on the situation of children in the country…

USAID administrator's February 5 remarks to New York donors' conference Calling on the international community to help rebuild Liberia, Andrew Natsios, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), said February 5 that solidifying peace in the country is dependent…

UN Intervention in Post-Conflict Situations Must Be Rapid, Smart and Sufficient, UNDP Administrator Says AFR/826 DEV/2458 International Reconstruction Conference on Liberia United Nations intervention in post-conflict situations must be rapid, smart and on a sufficient scale to turn the tide…

SC/7998 Security Council 4909th Meeting (AM) The Security Council decided this morning to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Côte d'Ivoire (MINUCI) until 27 February 2004. In a unanimous action under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council…

AI Index: AFR 34/003/2004 (Public) As the international community meets in New York on 5 and 6 November to discuss post-conflict reconstruction in Liberia, Amnesty International urges that good governance, the rule of law and respect for human rights are…

This summary outlines the main findings of the newly updated country profile on internal displacement in Democratic Republic of Congo. The profile was prepared by the Global IDP Project of the Norwegian Refugee Council, which monitors and analyses internal…

News No. 04/10 The ICRC today brought 10 unaccompanied children from Kinshasa to Goma, where they were to be reunited with their families. The four girls and six boys were aged between 10 and 18 years. Unaccompanied children such as…