Protection and Human Rights

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Gender and Peacekeeping

Based on a small-scale exploratory and qualitative study of the Peacekeeping Support Operations (PSOs) in the DRC and in Sierra Leone in April and May 2003, this document is concerned with gender issues and reports of sexual abuse of local women by peacekeepers within PSOs.

Intending to deepen the understanding of factors driving prostitution and allied forms of exploitation in PSOs, the document demonstrates a number of weaknesses in the response to continual exploitation and provides some recommendations dealing with those weaknesses.
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Gender Issues and Concerns in Financing for Development

The objective of this background paper is to use a gendered approach in examining the development financing strategies endorsed in the 2002 Monterrey Consensus. The paper seeks to identify what needs to be done to ensure that gender perspectives are incorporated in the follow up mechanisms to the conference as well as in the broader global effort for economic and gender justice, peace and the realization of human rights.

The paper is organized as follows:
- Section II reviews the different theoretical perspectives and empirical patterns on the relationship between finance
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Creating Partnerships, Educating Children: Case Studies from Catholic Relief Services

The Case Studies from Catholic Relief Services entitled "Creating Partnerships, Educating Children" presents eight case studies from field programs that address three important issues for overcoming current educational development challenges:

- how communities can be involved in education,
- how civil society is strengthened through education, and
- how to contribute to shaping education policies that support basic education.
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Addressing the Needs of Women Affected by Armed Conflict

Report
ICRC
In recent years, much attention has been devoted by international organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academics and certain governments to the plight, needs and rights of women affected by armed conflict. Recommendations as to how to ensure the most appropriate responses to the needs of women have also ensued. However, for such work to be truly effective, it needs to be adapted for those who operate in situations of armed conflict.

The aim of this Guidance Document is to provide a working tool to ensure the provision of appropriate programmes
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The Impact of Title II Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Programs on the Nutritional Status of Children

Over the past seven years, Title II Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) activities have evolved from predominantly facility-based food distribution programs targeted at undernourished children and their mothers, combined with some growth monitoring, to integrated community-based development programs with long-term health and sustainability objectives. The result of this shift has been a significant improvement in the nutritional status of children benefiting from these programs. This paper presents the results of a recent review of the impact of Title II
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War Economies in a Regional Context: Overcoming the Challenges of Transformation

This policy report distills key findings from research commissioned by the International Peace Academy's program on Economic Agendas in Civil Wars (EACW) on the regional dimensions of war economies and the
challenges they pose for peacemaking and peacebuilding. Drawing from analytical research as well as case studies of Afghanistan in Central Asia, Sierra Leone in West Africa, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in Southeast Europe, a number of key issues concerning the political economy of regional war economies and lessons for more effective peacebuilding were identified:
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The Role of Civil Society in Peacebuilding in the Great Lakes Region

The International Peace Academy (IPA) organized a half-day Civil Society Dialogue for civil society activists from the Great Lakes region of Africa in New York on 26 March 2004. It featured seven civil society actors from the region and drew participants from the United Nations community and academics from institutions within the New York area.
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Roles of Women and Men in Violent Conflicts

To document and understand the gender dynamics of violent conflicts, it is vital to recall the different and coinciding roles played by women and men. This article will review the most important activities, but does not pretend to be exhaustive. For the sake of structuring the following analysis, a distinction will be made between individual, community and state-level analysis.
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Haiti: Lessons must be learned from past mistakes

Report
Amnesty
AI Index: AMR 36/012/2004 (Public)
Only by learning from the mistakes of the multinational intervention of 10 years ago can the international community effectively protect human rights in Haiti today, Amnesty International said, calling on the UN Security Council to heed five key human rights lessons from the 1994 multinational intervention in Haiti and its aftermath as the Multinational Interim Force is deployed.

The UN Security Council has mandated the force to assist Haitian security forces "to establish and maintain

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UN SG concerned by alarming deterioration of security, human rights in Haiti

SG/SM/9176
The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 27 February:

The Secretary-General is increasingly concerned at the alarming deterioration of the security and human rights situation in Haiti. He calls upon all Haitians to eschew violence and settle their differences through peaceful means. At this critical time, he reminds leaders, and those who aspire to leadership positions, of their responsibilities towards their fellow countrymen and that they will be held individually accountable for any breaches of international

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Burundi + 1 other
Burundi: Fear of executions - another step backwards

Report
Amnesty
AI Index: AFR 16/012/2004 (Public)
Amnesty International is very concerned at the prospect of renewed judicial executions in Burundi.

Four men, all Rwandese nationals, appear to be at imminent risk of execution in Bujumbura. The men were tried on 23 February 2004 on charges relating to a bank robbery that took place in Bujumbura on 29 January 2004, in which one person was killed and a large amount of money stolen.

Arrested on 31 January, the men were initially detained incommunicado at the Brigade spéciale de recherche (BSR),

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Crisis in Côte d'Ivoire Situation Report No. 22

16th February - 1st March 2004
1. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS/ HIGHLIGHTS

The UN Security Council met on Friday 27th February and adopted resolution S/2004/146 establishing the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) as of 4th April 2004, when authority will be transferred from MINUCI and ECOWAS forces to UNOCI. Secretary General Kofi Annan addressed the Council briefly and commended Members for adopting the resolution. UNOCI will comprise of 6,240 UN personnel, including 200 military observers and 120 staff officers, and up to 350 civilian police officers.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression completes mission to Colombia

The Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Ambeyi Ligabo, has completed a mission to Colombia undertaken at the invitation of the Government.
During the mission, which started on 22 February, the Special Rapporteur met with senior Colombian Government and Parliamentary officials, as well as with members of political parties, representatives of the media, community groups working in the field of information, trade-union officials and members of other non-governmental
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La crise en Côte d'Ivoire: Rapport sur la situation humanitaire no. 22

16 févier - 1er mars 2004
1. EVENEMENTS SIGNIFICATIFS / POINTS SAILLANTS

Le Conseil de Sécurité des Nations Unies s'est réuni le vendredi 27 février et a adopté la Résolution S/2004/146 portant création de l'Opération des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire (ONUCI) à compter du 4 avril 2004, o=F9 l'autorité sera transférée de la MINUCI et des forces de la CEDEAO à l'ONUCI. Le Secrétaire Général Kofi Annan s'est adressé brièvement au Conseil et a félicité les Membres pour avoir adopté la résolution. L'ONUCI comprendra 6,240 militaires des Nations Unies, dont

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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Eritrea + 1 other
UNMEE MACC weekly update: 1 Mar 2004

HIGHLIGHTS
The MACC Programme Manager and Programme Officer traveled to Addis Ababa during the week in reference. The purpose of their mission trip was two-fold: Firstly, to try and establish a MRE Field Team consisting of three Ethiopian MRE experts to provide MRE support to UNMEE, the Peacekeeping Force and the MACC road clearance contractor in the 15 km adjacent areas of the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) in Ethiopia. Negotiations to finalise this project with the relevant Ethiopian authorities are on going. Secondly, to meet with a number of donor embassies to seek
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Press briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, UNAMA Spokesman 29 Feb 2004

TALKING POINTS

MOD and ANBP Take Active Steps to Counter Extortion by Commanders

In an effort to counter extortion by commanders, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Afghanistan New Beginnings Programme (ANBP) have jointly decided to stop cash payments to ex-soldiers during the demobilization and reintegration stages for the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) pilot projects that have yet to start (Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Bamyan).

At the demobilization stage ex-soldiers discuss career options with caseworkers. Once these discussions end the

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Security Council authorizes deployment of multinational force to Haiti for 3 months, adopts resolution 1529 (2004)

Declares Readiness to Establish Follow on Stabilization Force to Support Peaceful, Consitutional Political Process

SC/8015
4919th Meeting (Night)

The Security Council tonight, acting in response to the deteriorating political, security and humanitarian situation in Haiti, authorized the immediate deployment of Multinational Interim Force for a period of three months to help to secure and stabilize the capital, Port-au-Prince, and elsewhere in the country.

Unanimously adopting resolution 1529 (2004), the Council, acting under Chapter VII of the Charter, authorized

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Liberia + 1 other
Liberia Humanitarian Situation Update No. 89

General Situation
1. Coordination

Following the security downgrading from Phase V to IV of the towns of Gbarnga and Zwedru, both of which are have been identified as Humanitarian Hubs, OCHA has fielded staff to the provincial capital of Bong. The Staff for Zwedru are gearing up for their mission to Grand Gedeh from early March.

Due to problems related to food distribution, the refusal of food aid monitors to allow camp managers access to feeding logs, the alleged deletion of verified names of some 500 IDPs from feeding

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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UNICEF Humanitarian Assistance in the Northern Caucasus Situation Report No. 83

1 February 2004 - 29 February 2004

EDUCATION

In light of the rapidly changing situation regarding IDP camps and settlements in Ingushetia, UNICEF is evaluating the status and capacity of local regular schools. According to a recent assessment conducted by the Ingush Minister of Education (MoE), the current number of regular schools in the republic stands at 110, with 59,000 students and 4,823 teachers. All schools in Ingushetia are reported to be significantly overcrowded, their current population ranging between 2 and 5 times their