Reports

SC/7674 Following is the statement to the press on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, delivered today by Security Council President Gunter Pleuger (Germany): Members of the Council expressed their concern at the serious violations of human rights reported by the…

Over 7000 people are crowded into the temporary refugee camps of Toe Town and Zwedru, Liberia. The humanitarian situation of these populations is worsening dramatically, while a response from the international community is yet to materialise. Since the month of…

During his visit to Save the Children's programme in Daru, Sierra Leone this Wednesday, Olara Otunnu - the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict - will be urged to provide support to enable children to participate safely…

As the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to work towards genuine peace and national reconciliation, a joint United Nations team is coordinating a series of meetings underway in Pretoria, where Congolese parties are pressing ahead with efforts…

A diverse team of experts dispatched to Côte d'Ivoire by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in the war-torn country today to begin its work amid mounting international concern that a recent peace agreement has failed to quell hostilities…

News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International AI-index: AFR 16/005/2003 Amnesty International condemns in the strongest terms the failure of the Burundian justice system to bring to justice members of the Burundian armed forces responsible for the massacre of…

S/2003/216 Note by the President of the Security Council Pursuant to the request made at the 4705th meeting of the Security Council, convened on 13 February 2003, on the item entitled "The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo", the attached…

Bruxelles, le 22 février 2003 - Dans le cadre de la "Semaine Africaine", le Président de la République Démocratique du Congo, Son Excellence M. Joseph KABILA, le Président de la République du Burundi, Son Excellence M. Pierre BUYOYA, ainsi…

(Near Verbatim) OLARA OTUNNU, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT This is my fourth visit to the country in my present capacity. I first came here on the very day the democratic government was restored to power…

S/2003/211 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1417 (2002) of 14 June 2002, by which the Council decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic…