Executive summary

For nearly two decades, the international community ignored the situation in northern Uganda, with increasingly catastrophic consequences for the civilian population there. For the last two years, however, it has come under the international spotlight: in late 2003 the north found itself redesignated as one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, following a visit by the UN's Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland. Since then, there has been an influx of humanitarian

Executive Summary

As a result of broad consultations within and outside WHO, a Three Year Performance Improvement Program (TYP) aimed at strengthening WHO’s capacity to support member States and others to prepare for and respond to emergency was commissioned in 2004. Within the framework of the TYP, CCS and the Ugandan HSSP II WHO has been providing support to the MOH, DHT) and other local and international partners to mitigate the health impact of the conflict in northern Uganda for at least 3 years.

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PADER, 26 December (IRIN) - An end of year deadline set by the Ugandan government for all internally displaced persons (IDPs) in war-ravaged northern Uganda to return home looks unlikely to be met, both IDPs and aid workers have said.

Continued uncertainty over security in the region is causing IDPs to delay their return to their original villages.

Earlier this year, the government set a deadline of 31 December for all IDPs to vacate the camps that have been

Over 200 million for Education in Emergency and Post Crisis Countries

GENEVA/THE HAGUE, 22 December 2006 - Millions of children in the developing world have a new ray of hope as the Dutch government today announced it has pledged $201 million to UNICEF to radically expand the agency's ongoing efforts to ensure that children in conflict, natural disasters and emerging from crisis can go to school.

It is the single largest earmarked donation UNICEF has received in its 60-year history. While schooling children stuck in emergencies, whether conflict or natural disasters, is a core part of

CONTEXTE GENERAL

Ituri

Le désarmement des miliciens des Forces de Résistance Patriotique en Ituri (FRPI) tarde à se concrétiser. Son leader, Cobra Matata, qui avait promis d'amener depuis le mercredi 20 décembre près de 200 combattants aux points de désarmement d'Aveba, Kagaba, etc., ne semble pas avoir tenu parole, alors qu'il avait bel et bien reçu la somme de 5.000 dollars pour la sensibilisation de ses hommes. Plusieurs facteurs semblent bloquer le processus du Désarmement, Démobilisation et Réinsertion (DDR) en Ituri, notamment la peur des chefs de milices d'être

The world health report: Working together for health

In 2006, both The world health report and World Health Day focused on health workers. The creation by WHO and other partners of the Global Health Workforce Alliance and the adoption by the World Health Assembly of resolutions calling for a response to this crisis have paved the way towards better recognition for the vital role health workers play within health systems. There are currently 57 countries with critical shortages of health workers which prevent them from delivering

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Conseil de sécurité
5603e séance – après-midi

Le processus actuel est un exemple pour l’Afrique tout entière, estiment certaines délégations

The 20-year conflict in Northern Uganda between the Government of Uganda and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and its resulting humanitarian crisis has affected millions of people. Peace talks currently underway in Juba, South Sudan, are the best chance for peace that the region has seen during the two-decade conflict, but the negotiations have not yet reached a point of no return. It is imperative that the parties to the conflict and the international community take immediate measures to address shortcomings in the process in order to ensure that the talks succeed.

Eoin Young / MONUC

La signature du pacte de Nairobi le vendredi 15 décembre 2006 par la RDC, l'Angola, la République Centrafricaine, la République du Congo, le Kenya, le Rwanda, la Tanzanie, l'Ouganda et la Zambie, pourrait inaugurer une période de sécurité, de stabilité et de développement dans la région après des années de conflit.

Plusieurs chefs d'Etat africains, parmi eux le président de la RDC, Joseph Kabila, ont participé à Nairobi à ce sommet de deux jours, qui devrait contribuer à sortir la région du cercle vicieux des conflits, des désastres humanitaires et de la pauvreté.