Reports

Your Excellency, Human Rights Watch welcomes the concern shown by the Security Council for the crises in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi. The departure of a mission to Central Africa at this time clearly demonstrates the urgency…

As fighting continues to rage in and around the capital city of Liberia, United Nations relief agencies are struggling against pounding rains to help thousands of terrified civilians driven from their homes in search of safe haven in western…

Jean-Marc de Sablière Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations 245 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017, USA Fax : 001 212 421 6889 Email: france@un.int Your Excellency: In advance of the UN Security Council's forthcoming mission to the Great…

Administrative sketch of Côte d'Ivoire The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been operating in Côte d'Ivoire since 6 January 1962. The UNDP office is based in Abidjan, the economic capital of the country. The total staff numbers 29, of…

Paris, le 4 juin 2003 Le 26 mai 2003, les citoyens rwandais ont adopté par référendum la nouvelle Constitution, mettant un terme à la période de transition en cours depuis le génocide de 1994. L'adoption de la Constitution sera suivie…

Bertrand Ramcharan, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, currently performing the functions of High Commissioner for Human Rights, said today the indictment by the Special Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone of Charles Taylor for war…

SG/SM/8735, AFR/633 Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to the opening session of the Liberian peace conference, delivered by Abou Moussa, Representative of the Secretary-General in Liberia, in Accra, Ghana, on 4 June: For too long, Liberia has been torn apart by…

Following today's indictment of President Charles Taylor by the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Amnesty International calls on the government of Ghana to act immediately in response to the warrant for the arrest of President Taylor who is currently…

Bonn, 06/03/2003 - What is needed is a strong mandate and at least 2,000 to 3,000-man contingent to completely disarm various militias, which have many child soldiers among their ranks. According to Marcus Sack, the possibility of a massacre increases…

SC/7776, AFR/631 The following press statement on Côte d'Ivoire was delivered today by Security Council President Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation): Members of the Security Council were briefed by Assistant Secretary-General Hédi Annabi on the latest developments in Côte d'Ivoire and on progress…