Reports

SC/7878 Security Council 4830th Meeting (AM) The Security Council this morning established a stabilization force for Liberia of up to 15,000 troops to assist in implementing a ceasefire and peace agreement, which was signed in August and aims at national elections…

Report on ISS International Expert Workshop Pretoria, 17-19 September 2003 A Participant's Perspective By Invitation Dr. Emeric Rogier Research Fellow The Netherlands Institute of International Relations "Clingendael" Conflict Research Unit September 2003 Introduction 1. The expert workshop on the challenges of peace implementation in the DRC…

General Situation The protection of civilians remains a preoccupation for humanitarian actors. The continued intimidation and abuse of human rights by armed parties, highlighted in recent missions to Buchanan and Gbarnga, must stop. United Nations agencies, together with NGOs and INGOs…

Amnesty International today welcomed Security Council Resolution 1509 (2003) which establishes a United Nations peace-keeping operation in Liberia (UNMIL) and provides for a UN human rights presence to protect, promote and monitor human rights. "The text of the resolution is not…

WHO STAFF MEETING There will be a DDR meeting tomorrow at 11:00 am to discuss the CAP draft. WHO focal persons should fully participate in the meeting. WHO will begin developing the health intervention component of the DDR. This Action…

A/58/379 Fifty-eighth session Item 119 (c) of the provisional agenda* Human rights questions: human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives Note by the Secretary-General The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the report of the United…

Abidjan, 18 September 2003 - One year after the events that brought in Côte d'Ivoire an instabilityunknown by the country since independence, humanitarian agencies of the United Nations commend the concrete progress made so far in the process of…

Peter Gantz is Peacekeeping Associate with Refugees International. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced on September 9th that his first investigations would focus on recent alleged massacres and other crimes in the eastern Congo region…

Abidjan, 18 septembre 2003 - Un an après les événements qui ont amené la Côte d'Ivoire à une instabilité inconnue par le pays depuis son indépendance, les agences humanitaires des Nations Unies se réjouissent du progrès concret vers la…

By Tom Tshibangu MONUC began since Monday morning the operation "Bunia, Weapons Free Town", and had announced publicly that the peacekeepers would proceed to completely disarm militias. In line with its mandate, the Ituri brigade is deployed under Chapter VII…