Reports

5 - 12 March 2003 OVERVIEW The continuing crisis and resulting virtual standstill of cross-border commerce is plunging Cote d'Ivoire headlong towards a full-blown humanitarian crisis. Joblessness is rising, and consumer purchasing power is falling. WFP reports that food supplies are…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination began review this afternoon of the fifth to fourteenth periodic reports of Cote d'Ivoire, questioning a Government delegation, among other things, on what was being done to protect vulnerable groups from…

Today one rape in two involves a minor: children, sometimes even babies. Boys as well as girls are raped. Nor are the elderly, pregnant women, or mothers spared. Every social category is affected. On International Woman's Day, March 8, MSF…

More than 35,000 Liberian refugees that remain in the Ivory Coast are in imminent danger of being caught in the conflict in the west or targeted by the military and armed local youth. These Liberian refugees, who sought refuge…

S/2003/291 Letter dated 10 March 2003 from the Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council On instructions from my Government, I have the honour to transmit to…

Following is today's statement to the press on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea): Members of the Council welcome the agreement reached among Congolese parties in Pretoria. They stressed the importance of the transitional…

par Hamadoun Touré Le Représentant spécial du Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies pour la République Démocratique du Congo, M. Namanga Ngongi, a dépêché ce lundi 10 mars 2003 à Bunia une délégation de la MONUC pour évaluer la situation sur…

GENERAL SITUATION Numbers Entering Guinea from Ivory Coast A further 98 people entered Guinea from Ivory Coast in the reporting period. Of these, 63 are Liberians, 16 are Guineans, 16 Ivorians and 3 other West African nationals. On 6 March, HCR…

Press Release SPKM/015/2003 By Yulu Kabamba The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namanga Ngongi, dispatched to Bunia this Monday, 10 March 2003, a delegation to assess the situation on the ground following…

Activités Humanitaires 1. Aide du PAM à 631.000 personnes vulnérables Le PAM a signé un Protocole d'Accord avec le GNT du Burundi (mardi 4 mars) pour fournir une aide alimentaire à 631.000 personnes vulnérables dans le cadre d'une opération humanitaire et de…