Reports

Government and Rebel Troops Both to Blame (New York, March 6, 2003) Five nurses held for three months in 2002 by Liberian rebels have provided detailed accounts of their mistreatment, Human Rights Watch said today. The women, who worked for the…

Press Briefing Noting a "dramatic transformation" in Sierra Leone, following his recent visit there, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Olara Otunnu, called on the international community not to shift their attention away from that country at such…

Following is the statement to the press on Liberia, delivered today by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea): Members of the Security Council heard a briefing from the Secretary-General's Representative in Monrovia, Abou Moussa. They were deeply concerned at the humanitarian…

Press Briefing Guinea-Bissau may be a very small country, but it has the potential to cause considerable instability in that region of fragile economies and fragile political systems, the Representative of the Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, David Stephen, said today at a…

(Extracted from JRS Dispatches No. 127) Twice monthly news bulletin from the Jesuit Refugee Service International Office REFUGEE NEWS BRIEFINGS BURUNDI: INSTABILITY MOUNTS Instability in Burundi has grown steadily since the second week of January, JRS Great Lakes reports. The main Hutu armed…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, wrapped up a three-day trip to Burundi with a strong appeal to all parties to press ahead with the regional peace process and to exert every effort…

HR/4648 Hears Address by High Commissioner for Human Rights GENEVA, 3 March (UN Information Service) -- The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its sixty-second session at the Palais des Nations by hearing an address by the United…

Humanitarian Activities 1. UN Human Right High Commissioner visits Burundi Mr Sergio Vieira de Mello, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, visited Burundi (28 February-1 March). Mr Vieira de Mello officially launched the Kirundi edition of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement…

General Situation Life goes on in Abidjan, with various political, civic and religious actors daily calling for, either, calm and compromise, or a rejection of the programme to include the rebels in the government. Humanitarian Consequences UNHCR opened a new centre…

Burundi - Nations Unies - Droits de l'homme (Bujumbura,le 1er Mars )- Le chef d'Etat burundais, M. Pierre Buyoya a reçu vendredi en audience dans son cabinet le haut commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme, M. Sergio Vieira…