Reports

Spokesperson: Niurka Piñeiro Extract JORDAN - Iraq Road Assessment Mission - Following Tuesday's successful security assessment mission into western Iraq, IOM is planning to lead further inter-agency missions into the country, subject to UNSECOORD approval. The mission, comprising two IOM vehicles, traveled some…

La F.I.D.H. et la Ligue Iteka appellent au respect des accords signés et à la poursuite des négociations de cessez-le-feu Paris, le 25 avril 2003 - Après la signature d'un accord de cessez-le-feu le 2 décembre 2002 à Dar-es-salaam entre…

HR/CN/1044Commission Continues to Adopt Measures on Specific Groups And Individuals, Civil and Political Rights, Indigenous Issues (Reissued as received.) GENEVA, 24 April (UN Information Service) - United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan this morning told the Commission on Human…

Text/ Kent Page, UNICEF Regional Communication Officer, Western & Central Africa Region, Dakar Situation Overview: West Africa today finds itself at a critical juncture, particularly amongst the countries affected by the 7-month old, ongoing Ivory Coast Sub-Regional Crisis. Cross-border conflict,…

Yulu Kabamba The first Guard Unit of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) starts deploying to Bunia, Northeast of the DRC, on Wednesday, 23 April 2003. This strength will be increased over the coming weeks.…

par Hamadoun Touré La première compagnie de deux cents militaires de la Mission des Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo (MONUC) sera déployée à partir du mercredi 23 avril 2003 à Bunia, au nord-est de la RDC. Cet effectif sera…

Despite peace agreements, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, sinks into war and human rights violations. The agreements of Sun City (South Africa) signed on April 2nd, 2003 by the RCD Goma (Congolese Rally for Democracy) among others opened up…

HR/CN/1038 (Reissued as received.) GENEVA, 17 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights adopted resolutions this afternoon on situations of human rights in Cuba, Belarus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi. The texts were tabled under the…

April 12th - April 21st 2003 Overview The implementation of the Linas-Marcoussis peace accord has seen a huge leap forward with the arrival in Abidjan of the ministers of the Forces Nouvelles [New Forces - MPCI, MPJ and MPIGO] and their…

New initiative launched to strengthen capacity of Sierra Leone's Truth and Reconciliation Commission Freetown, Sierra Leone - Last Friday saw the conclusion of the first training workshop on gender-based human rights violations for Sierra Leone's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Organised…