Reports

Representatives of countries concerned about the situation in Liberia have issued a statement urging ceasefire talks between the country's Government and the rebel Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD). Voicing "serious concern" about the conflict following a meeting in New…

1 March 2003 - UNICEF regional director for West and Central Africa, Rima Salah and Côte d'Ivoire country representative, Georgette Aithnard, have held talks with the main Ivoirian rebel group, the Movement Patriotic de Cote d'Ivoire (MPCI) during which…

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Office of Transition Initiatives Program Description Program Goals and Objectives USAID/OTI's goal in Burundi is to promote good governance and the active and informed participation of citizens. To work towards this…

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Office of Transition Initiatives Program Description USAID/OTI's goal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is to enhance the informed participation of Congolese society in political and economic…

AFR/568, HR/4647 FREETOWN, 28 February (Office of Special Representative) - At the conclusion of a week-long visit to Sierra Leone (22-28 February), Under-Secretary-General Olara A. Otunnu, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, has called upon the…

(Near Verbatim) OLARA OTUNNU, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT The most important thing I want to report to you is I am very impressed by the transformation which has taken place in Sierra Leone in the…

Humanitaire Editorial Le HC des NU aux Droits de l'Homme, Sergio Vieira de Mello, a clôturé sa visite au Burundi par un appel pour protéger [28/2-1/3] les civils et pour faire des progrès dans la recherche de la paix. Le Commissaire…

January - February 2003 Humanitarian Highlights The United Nations Secretary General appointed Humanitarian Envoy for the Cote d'Ivoire Crisis, Ms. Carolyn Mc Askie, "Deputy Relief Emergency Coordinator of OCHA", has visited the west african sub-region including Cote d' Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Mali,…

An advance team of United Nations human rights and political affairs officials arrived in Abidjan today to assess conditions on the ground for setting up a possible board of inquiry to investigate violations of human rights and humanitarian rights…

RI representatives Shannon Meehan and Sayre Nyce are currently in West Africa. Stuck in war-torn Liberia after fleeing fighting in western Ivory Coast, thousands of people who should be safe in their home countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, Togo, Benin,…