Reports

January - December 1999 OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Context The humanitarian suffering which has plagued Burundi for several years did not diminish significantly in 1998. More than half a million people continue to live…

January - December 1999 OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Context The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently undergoing dramatic political and military developments which create an extremely complex humanitarian situation. Tensions of…

January - December 1999 OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since 7 June 1998, Guinea-Bissau has been faced with a politico-military conflict between the Government of Guinea-Bissau and the self-proclaimed Military Junta. Fighting between Government…

January - December 1999 OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The various conflicts which have plagued the Great Lakes Region, have resulted in large numbers of victims who have been displaced from or forced to…

January - December 1999 OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Despite the return of the democratically elected Government of Sierra Leone in March 1998, conflict continues to plague the efforts of the majority to recover from the psychological,…

Fighting and Floods Offset Food Security Gains in Southern Sudan With the harvesting of the first season’s crop completed, household food availability has improved in southern Sudan. Overall food aid deliveries have been close to delivery targets…

In Rwanda in April 1995, hundreds of IDPs, mostly women and children, were killed in a military operation to close camps for the internally displaced. This tragedy, which occurred in Kibeho camp in southwest Rwanda, raises several key issues regarding…

UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Press and Public Affairs Unit Arusha International Conference Centre P.O. Box 6016, Arusha, Tanzania Tel: 255 57 4207-11/4367-72 or 1 212 963 2850 Fax: 255 57 4000/4373 or 1 212 963 2848 E-Mail: Public@UN.org ICTR/INFO-9-2-117 Arusha, 29…

1 January - 31 December 1998 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary INTRODUCTION 1.1 Humanitarian Needs and Post-war Recovery 1.2 Historical Perspective 1.3 The Current Humanitarian Situation THE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE STRATEGY 2.1 Non-Targeted Community-Based Assistance THE APPEAL FRAMEWORK 3.1 The Focus of…