Reports

11-18 June 2004 A. GENERAL SITUATION Highlights Cholera Outbreak in Harper, Maryland County confirmed The Ministry of Health and Humedica, an international NGO working in Maryland during the period reported an outbreak of acute watery diarrhea in Harper, Maryland County and requested WHO for assistance…

URGENT NEEDS IN CHILD PROTECTION AND EDUCATION Frequent displacement and looting of houses further weaken the community capacity to assist children Combats, displacement and human rights violations deprive children from school enrolment, especially young girls 1. EMERGENCY OVERVIEW AND…

SC/7796 Security Council 4775th Meeting (AM) The Security Council this morning heard an oral report on the Council's mission to Central Africa in support of the peace processes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi. The head of the…

S/2003/653 I. Introduction 1. In his letter dated 21 May 2003 (S/2003/558), the President of the Security Council informed the Secretary-General that the members of the Council had decided to send a mission to Central Africa from 7…

Briefing Report Executive summary The link between mineral resource extraction and child poverty is a paradoxical one. Oil, gas and mining can generate enormous wealth. Yet countries rich in minerals1 tend to be blighted by corruption, conflict, poor economic growth, low public…

Kris Janowski - Media Relations This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Further information can be found on the UNHCR website, www.unhcr.ch, which should also be checked…

UNICEF appeals for US$ 18.5 million to provide assistance to some 3 million people in the sub-region 1 million Ivorian children out of school since the beginning of the crisis Over 100,000 people entered Guinea since upheavals began…

A month ago Bunia, in war-torn Ituri district of eastern Congo, was plunged into violence and chaos. Groups of heavily armed children - some in their pre-teens - now dominate the town and terrorise its residents. Atrocities of an…

Geneva, June 16, 2003 - Report after report from Liberian members of the global alliance Action by Churches Together (ACT) International detail not only the horrors brought on by the most recent clashes and battles between government and rebel…

par Madnodje Mounoubai Depuis un certain temps, la direction de l'Union des Patriotes Congolais (UPC), fait publier des communiqués portant nominations à différents postes administratifs en Ituri. La MONUC considère ces nominations comme nulles et non avenues et voudrait rappeler que…