Reports

SUMMARYImpact of crisis The people of Côte d'Ivoire, including those who fled to Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana, continue to live with serious humanitarian needs, one year after an attempted coup split Côte d'Ivoire in two and…

S/2003/1099 I. Introduction 1. The Security Council has proposed, on various occasions, starting with the presidential statement of 14 October 1994 on the situation concerning Rwanda, the convening, at an appropriate time, of an international conference on the Great Lakes region…

GENERAL SITUATION I. Highlights The Executive Director of World Food Programme, Mr James Morris made a brief visit to Liberia on Saturday, 15 November 2003. He met with Mr. C. Gyude Bryant, Chairman of National Transitional Government of Liberia, the UNMIL…

S/2003/1098 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1493 (2003) of 28 July 2003, by which the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of…

(Extracted from JRS Dispatches No. 142) REFUGEE NEWS BRIEFINGS BURUNDI: VIOLENCE AND ARMED CLASHES INCREASE IN CAPITAL CITY BUJUMBURA Despite the signing of a Power Sharing agreement between the main Hutu armed group (CNDD-FDD) and the transitional government on 8 October in…

GA/AB/3592 Fifty-eighth General Assembly Fifth Committee 19th Meeting (AM) Vacancy Rate in Democratic Republic of Congo, Delayed Downsizing In Timor-Leste Are Noted; Issue of Sexual Exploitation Also Discussed As the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) took up several aspects of peacekeeping financing…

Political/Security Developments Monday 10 November is Day 49 of the Forces Nouvelles (FN) boycott of the government of national reconciliation and their withdrawal from the national DDR process. A prominent Forces Nouvelles (New Forces) leader has declared to the French…

UN SC extends mandate of Côte d'Ivoire mission until 4 Feb 2004, urges full implementation of 24 January Peace Agreement without delay, unanimously adopting resolution 1514 (2003) SC/7917 Security Council 4857th Meeting (AM) Related Presidential Statement Expresses Concern at Slowdown…

7 Oct - 13 Nov 2003 Overview The needs of the population especially in the west, north and buffer zones are still higher than what humanitarian organisations can provide in terms of aid. Only a political solution can solve the crisis…

(New York: 13 November 2003): The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, in a meeting with the press in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, reaffirmed the moral obligation of the international community to assist the vulnerable people of Congo. "We know…