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BIO/4262*

Biographical Note

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Karin Landgren ( Sweden) as his new Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB). The Secretary-General is grateful to Charles Petrie for his service to the Organization, and for his commitment in leading the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB) at a critical period as Executive Representative.

Ms. Landgren brings to the position many years of political, development, resource-mobilization, managerial and

- Le HCR et le gouvernement provincial du Nord-Kivu ont conduit conjointement des opérations de retour volontaire des déplacés internes vivant dans les camps. En 2010, ce sont environ 36.065 déplacés internes qui sont ainsi rentrés dans leurs zones d'origine ou de choix. A ce jour, le Nord-Kivu abrite 31 camps de déplacés internes (PDI) pour une population de 72.334.

- Les bureaux du HCR RDC et Rwanda ont discuté du progrès du rapatriement en cours des réfugiés rwandais et de la planification des discussions futures, et prochaines étapes pour le

MAG Burundi started in 2007 with a programme to support the Government of Burundi in reducing the threat of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and unsecured stockpiles. MAG is currently offering technical support to the Weapons Destruction Workshop and is supporting the Burundian Government in implementing the Nairobi Protocol - Articles 6, 7, 8 and 9.

In December, the comprehensive Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) project with the Police Nationale du Burundi (PNB) was implemented in remaining police stations in Region

Repatriation to the DRC (Congolese nationals) - by country of asylum

Repatriation to the DRC (Congolese nationals) - by Province of return

This on-line newsletter gathers information about about the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat (UNISDR) and its partners' activities in Africa.

In January 2011, the long-held desire

Déclaration publique

Index AI : AFR 16/005/2010

éFAI

28 décembre 2010

Le gouvernement burundais doit mettre en place le tribunal spécial tant attendu et la Commission nationale pour la vérité et la réconciliation (CNVR) dans le cadre du système judiciaire du pays afin d'amener les responsables présumés d'atteintes aux droits humains commises avant et pendant le conflit armé au Burundi à rendre des comptes.

Plusieurs milliers de Burundais ont été tués au cours de ce conflit, pendant lequel toutes les parties se sont

Source: reuters // Reuters

* Al Shabaab says stronger after merging with rival group

* Uganda says ready to counter threat

* Burundi to beef up security over Christmas

(Adds al Shabaab, Uganda, Burundi, AU quotes)

By Abdi Sheikh and Ibrahim Mohamed

MOGADISHU, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Somalia's al Qaeda-linked Islamist al Shabaab rebels said on Thursday they would increase attacks on Uganda and Burundi after tightening their grip on much of Somalia by joining forces with a rival militant group.

The rebels, who have waged a three-year

SC/10131

6457th Meeting* (AM)

The outgoing members of the Security Council =97 Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey and Uganda =97 delivered briefings this morning on the work of subsidiary bodies they had chaired during their two-year tenure.

Austria's Representative reported on the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005), which had placed sanctions on those "impeding the peace process" in Darfur, as well as the Informal Working Group on International Tribunals.

The representative of Japan described