Bert Koenders, le Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général et chef de la MINUSMA, se félicite de la signature d'un accord préliminaire à l’élection présidentielle et aux pourparlers inclusifs de paix entre le Gouvernement du Mali, le Mouvement national pour la libération de l'Azawad (MNLA) et le Haut Conseil pour l'unité de l'Azawad, le 18 Juin à Ouagadougou, au Burkina Faso.

La FIDH, l’AMDH et l’UIDH sont préoccupées par la teneur des négociations en cours à Ouagadougou pour le contrôle de la région de Kidal entre les autorités maliennes et les groupes touaregs, et particulièrement par la possible amnistie pour les crimes perpétrés envisagée par le projet en discussion ; et appellent à la conclusion d’un accord sans ignorer la justice et les victimes.

Le Secrétaire général de l'ONU, Ban Ki-moon, a annoncé lundi la nomination du général Jean Bosco Kazura, du Rwanda, comme Commandant de la force de la Mission multidimensionnelle intégrée des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation au Mali (MINUSMA).

SC/11035

Security Council
6980th Meeting (AM)

The Security Council today, condemning all human rights violations against children in situations of armed conflict, and demanding that all relevant parties immediately stop such violations, reaffirmed its commitment to take targeted steps to deal with persistent perpetrators of those abuses.

17-06-2013 Facts and Figures

The ICRC operated against the background of a mass influx of Malian refugees in the Tahoua area and the return to the Agadez area of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa who have been deported from Libya.

Support for migrants from sub-Saharan Africa deported from Libya (with the Red Cross Society of Niger)

The ICRC:

Good seasonal progression in the Bi-modal and Guinean - Sudanian zones

KEY MESSAGES

• Normal to above - normal rainfall levels fell over the southwestern corner of the region (Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Guinea Bissau), marking a timely onset of the rains in this part of West Africa .

Twenty-one million children in school thanks to efforts

NEW YORK, 17 June 2013 – UNICEF, the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Peter Krämer Foundation today kicked off a new fundraising drive to raise US$80 million to help Africa’s girls, orphans, children living in extreme poverty and other vulnerable children go to school and get a quality education.

17-06-2013 Overview

In Mali, the ICRC brings aid to people suffering the combined effects of the armed conflict and the food crisis.

Caring for the sick and injured

In northern Mali, the ICRC has made access to emergency care easier for war-wounded people. The hospital in Gao is once again operational thanks to ICRC support.

The ICRC supports health-care facilities in Mali and was on hand for the national polio-vaccination day.

Visiting detainees

The new funds will provide food assistance, clean water and access to basic health services to women and children suffering from hunger and food insecurity.