Les autorités du district de l'Ituri ont reçu, le 31 octobre 2008, leurs homologues ougandais de la région du West Nile. Une rencontre à laquelle a assisté la MONUC, et qui avait pour ordre du jour les questions de sécurité qui affectent les deux pays.

La partie ougandaise a favorablement répondu à l'invitation des autorités du district de l'Ituri pour venir discuter, en sol congolais, des sujets d'intérêts communs. Et malgré la divergence des préoccupations et d'interprétations sur les cahiers des

The agency said the facilities were inadequate for the more than 6,500 people scattered in 12 villages along the border who are being hosted by the local communities.

"It is very difficult for us to provide assistance to the refugees at the border, where the security situation

UNHCR has received disturbing reports that several camps for internally displaced people near the North Kivu town of Rutshuru, about 90 kms north of Goma, have been forcibly emptied, looted and burned. We're in the process of trying to verify these reports, which we received from some of our humanitarian partners. We are extremely concerned about the fate of some 50,000 displaced people living in these

- On Friday, WFP moved vitally-needed BP5 high-energy biscuits for malnourished children to an important medical centre for the displaced north of Goma.

- Following an assessment at the main site of displacement north of Goma, WFP hopes to commence general distributions over the weekend.

- WFP has sufficient stocks in Goma for its immediate response to the newly displaced, although the longer-term food supply picture is a major concern.

- Although movement within and outside Goma is still limited due to the fragile security situation, humanitarian

"We're in the process of trying to verify these reports, which we received from some of our humanitarian partners," UNHCR Chief Spokesman Ron Redmond told journalists in Geneva. "We are extremely concerned about the fate of some 50,000 displaced

1. Le rapatriement et la réintégration des réfugiés burundais.

2. Protection et assistance de 28 948 réfugiés et demandeurs d'asile, dont 16 667 Congolais installés dans les camps de Gihinga (Mwaro), de Gasorwe (Muyinga) et de Musasa (Ngozi), et 229 Rwandais dans le camp de Giharo (Rutana). Le HCR au Burundi assiste sous diverses formes et veille également à la protection de quelque 11 744 réfugiés urbains et demandeurs d'asile, dont 99 % sont originaires de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC).

- ROAD CONDITIONS DETERIORATE IN HEAVY RAINS, HAMPERING HUMANITARIAN ACCESS IN SOME AREAS OF NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN UGANDA; CROP DAMAGE REPORTED IN SOME PARTS OF ACHOLI AND TESO

- HEPATITIS E VIRUS CONTINUES TO TAKE TOLL ACROSS KITGUM, PADER; NEARLY 8,900 CASES REPORTED BY END OCTOBER

- RENEWED FIGHTING IN EASTERN DRC SPARKS NEW INFLUXES OF CONGOLESE REFUGEES IN WESTERN UGANDA

II. SECURITY AND ACCESS

SECURITY

Calm prevailed in northern Uganda during the reporting period, with no reported LRA presence or activity within

ACTED UGANDA

Since November 2007, ACTED has been rehabilitating 150 kilometres of community access roads in Oyam district. This is essential to in-crease returnees' access to local markets and to basic services like schools and health centres. 71 kilometers of roads targeted for rehabilitation have already been completed and were handed over to local authorities on 2 October 2008. The remaining four roads are to be handed over by the end of October.

ACTED MYANMAR

ACTED held the ?rst meeting with women

Issue 34 of Field Exchange has a special focus on infant and young child feeding in emergencies (IFE) and is dedicated to the memory of Tom Marchione.

Leading the IFE 'show' is an extended field article from the UNICEF team in Indonesia, sharing their IFE experiences in the aftermath of the earthquake in 2006. On reading the piece you may well get that 'deja-vu' feeling - mass arrival and untargeted distribution of infant formula, milk powder, and commercial baby foods to mothers and children. Monitoring was almost non-existent. Coordination proved a big