Reports

Budget Revision Period covered: 31 March to 30 June 2000 With the dynamic Congolese Red Cross teams and favourable trends in the country it has been possible to continue strengthening the operational capacity of the regional branches in…

Period covered: 1 January - 30 June 2000Although a lack of funds and donor support has had an impact on operations, hampering the implementation and planning of institutional development activities and programme co-ordination of the delegation…

Appeal No. 10/99 Period covered: April, 1999 - April, 2000 The objectives established for this project were realistic and attainable. However, the political and economic situation existing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the time had…

January to December 2000 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Problem The recent collapse in the peace process in Sierra Leone has had disastrous consequences for its people. While the Lomé Accord was flawed in some respects, it offered the best chance…

January to June 2000PART I. GREAT LAKES REGION AND CENTRAL AFRICA **1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY** The humanitarian situation in the Great Lakes Region (GLR) continues to deteriorate as political and military activities take precedence in the priorities of the…

Context More than ever before since the onset of the war, the reporting period provided ample and eloquent arguments to perceive the humanitarian crisis in the DRC as a unique drama caused in the first place by…

SUMMARY The renewed fighting has substantially increased the suffering of people in Sierra Leone, at a time when the capacity of humanitarian agencies to respond to new emergencies is limited. Two months after the resumption of hostilities,…

June 2000 Foreword In late 1999 - when the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) drafted the Appeal for 2000 - there was little or no humanitarian access to the affected interior in the south of the Republic of…

Endorsed in the early February 2000, the Security Council Resolution 1291 set out the framework through which the UN contribution to the Lusaka Accords could be bolstered with the following underlying tenets: reaffirmation of DRC's territorial…

INTRODUCTION 1.) OVERVIEW - POLITICAL, SECURITY AND HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT Gaining Humanitarian Access: A continuing Challenge The DDR Factor The UNAMSIL Factor 2.) THE PEACE PROCESS- Is time running out? - A humanitarian perspective 3.) CRITICAL AREAS OF NEED Rehabilitation of water and sanitation…