Reports

HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 1. Resurgence of cholera epidemic in Bururi Province Over two weeks, 33 cases of cholera have been recorded, including 16 hospitalised in Rumonge hospital, Rumonge Commune [Bururi Province]. "Medicines required are available", said the Director of the hospital, Mr Innocent…

Activités Humanitaires 1. Situation du choléra: résurgence de l'épidémie du choléra dans la province de Bururi Depuis deux semaines, 33 cas de choléra ont été enregistrés, dont 16 personnes hospitalisées à l'hôpital de Rumonge, commune Rumonge [province Bururi]. «Les médicaments nécessaires…

NEW YORK CITY -- Liberian church leaders are pleading for urgent world attention to the worsening military and humanitarian crisis in their country as renewed intensive fighting in Liberia's 13-year-old civil war displaces tens of thousands of civilians every week. "The…

29 March - 11 April 2003 OVERVIEW No cabinet meeting of the National Reconciliation Government was held on Thursday 10 April. "New Forces" ministers (MPCI, MPIGO, MJP) attended the previous week's meeting in Yamoussoukro for the first time, but have yet…

ABIJIAN, April 10, 2003 - After seven months of isolation due to fighting, a UNICEF convoy delivered a consignment of medical supplies and relief food for children in the severely-stricken north-eastern district of Bouna, 600 km north-east of Abidjan. The…

Conakry This is a summary of the humanitarian situation at the border between Guinea and Liberia. Situation On the 29-30 March, heavy fighting between Liberian Governments forces and the LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) in the Liberian border town of…

AFR/600, IHA/773 NEW YORK, 9 April (OCHA) - Widespread fighting in western, northern and eastern Liberia is cutting off those most in need from humanitarian aid, said the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today. Aid agencies in…

James T. Morris Executive Director World Food Programme STATEMENT TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL New York 7 April 2003 Mr. President, distinguished members of the Security Council: We are all seized with the war in Iraq. On the humanitarian side, the World Food Programme has…

Activités Humanitaires 1. Droits de l'homme: La violence contre les civils aurait augmenté Lors de la présentation de son sixième rapport à Genève(Suisse) Mme Marie-Thérèse Keita Bocoum, le Rapporteur Spécial des Droits de l'Homme au Burundi, a signalé une augmentation de la…

Humanitarian Activities 1. Human Rights: Violence against civilians reported increased While presenting her sixth report in Geneva, Ms Marie-Therese Keita Bocoum, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burundi, reported an increase in violence against civilians caught up in 10 years…