Reports

17th January - 30th January 2004 1. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS/ HIGHLIGHTS Media reported that heavy shooting broke out in the government-held town of Zouan Houien on the 29th January near the Liberian border, causing hundreds of residents of nearby villages to flee…

Africa Report N°75 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Liberia is a collapsed state that has become in effect a UN protectorate. Whether its political and economic reconstruction can begin depends on how quickly security spreads throughout the country. Squabbles over jobs by…

Executive summary The process and scope of the Needs Assessment i. This Joint Needs Assessment was undertaken by the United Nations and World Bank Group, under the guidance and auspices of the National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) and the coordination of…

Objective The Commission on Human Rights should adopt a resolution encouraging the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to implement reforms in its judicial system and to begin investigation and prosecution of violations of international law committed during the recent wars (beginning…

MSF For the past ten days, the MSF team in Tine has been receiving patients who suffered severe bomb shrapnel injuries following aerial bombardments in Sudan. This morning's incident is the first time that bombs have been dropped on Tine-Chad. Several…

par Hem Okaré/MONUC Nous sommes ce matin au Nord de la ville, aux alentours du grand marché. Dans le cadre de sa mission, sous le chapitre 7 de la Charte des Nations Unies, de sécuriser Bunia et conformément à l'objectif de…

SC/7986 Security Council 4899th Meeting (AM) Members of the Security Council agreed this morning on the importance of a regional approach to resolving the interrelated conflicts ravaging West Africa, as they considered the situation in Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia…

This report does not necessarily reflect the official position of the United Nations. Weekly Highlights - Hundreds of IDPs returning home caught in deadly attack in Ituri District. - Inter-agency mission to Dekese, Western Kasai Province confronts a humanitarian emergency. - 2000…

Press Release No. 04/13 The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved a three-year SDR 69.3 million (about US$104 million) arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) for Burundi to support the…

Les troupes de la MONUC sont depuis quelques jours l'objet d'attaques armées en Ituri. Mercredi 21 janvier 2004 vers 19 heures, des miliciens ont tiré sur le camp des Casques bleus pakistanais à Nizi à 28 km au nord…