Reports

SC/7965 Security Council 4890th Meeting (PM) Adoption of New Text Aimed at Reflecting Changed Realities, including Taylor Exit, Peace Progress in Sierra Leone Adjusting the embargoes against Liberia to reflect the changed circumstances there, the Security Council today terminated its bans on…

Main features of Dutch policy on Africa 1.1 Dutch policy on Africa: key aspects Sub-Saharan Africa is the only part of the world where the general standard of living has been falling in recent decades. Poverty here is worse and…

New Report Documents Extent of Civilian Suffering (New York, December 22, 2003) - The Burundian military and armed opposition forces have committed serious war crimes, including civilian killings and rapes, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The…

I. Summary The government of Burundi and the rebel group, the Forces for the Defence of Democracy (FDD) signed the Pretoria Protocols on October 8 and November 2, 2003, agreeing yet again to end a civil war that has continued…

ECOSOC/6096 Economic and Social Council 52nd Meeting (AM) President Briefs Members on Preparations For April 2004 Meeting with Bretton Woods, UN Trade Agency Resuming its 2003 substantive session, the Economic and Social Council heard a briefing this morning on the activities of…

16- 19 December 2003 GENERAL SITUATION I. DDRR Programme The DDRR Programme is suspended since 17 December 2:00 p.m. following a United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) decision taken in consultation with Liberian political and military leaders. As of…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated December 4, 2003. BACKGROUND Liberia has been marked by intermittent civil war since Charles Taylor launched…

GOMA, 19 December (IRIN) - Carol Bellamy, the executive director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), on Wednesday completed a three-day mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which highlighted the importance of children's education, especially of girls,…

West Africa Early Warning Network (WARN) WARN Policy Brief Introduction The road map for peace in Côte d'Ivoire as laid down in the January 2003 Linas-Marcoussis Peace Agreement received a boost when President Laurent Gbagbo, hitherto vehemently opposed to the deal, declared…

The United Nations (UN) Security Council should insist in the strongest possible terms that the signatories of Liberia's peace agreement fulfil their obligations under that agreement to respect international human rights and humanitarian law, Amnesty International said today ahead of…