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31 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Workshop report: DRC - Assessing the Ituri Interim Administration, Jan 2004

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— Forum on Early Warning and Early Response
At its inception in April 2003, the Ituri Interim Administration (IIA) was assigned two specific missions that constitute its mandate: reconciling communities (pacification) and effectively manage public services in Ituri (administration). Despite these assigned tasks, the IIA continues to have limited resources, and its capacity to carry out its objectives has been called into question.
Bearing this in mind, AIP, FEWER and APFO in collaboration with the Nairobi Peace Initiative have organised a series of workshops to provide the participants, members of the Interim
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31 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Proliferation and illicit traffic of small arms and light weapons in the north east of the DRC - Summary report

Report
— Pax Christi
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INTRODUCTION
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is experience a period of acute crisis a simultaneously political, economic and social, but mainly military crisis. The military aspect of the crisis has brought about the flow of S.A. & light weapons in the areas or territories occupied by non-official armed groups, supported by neighbouring and far-off countries. It is the military intervention, with all its consequences, which challenges and arouses a great interest among all the organisations which plead in favour of peace and peaceful cohabitation of peoples.
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30 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC: Thousands of illegal diamond miners expelled

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— IRIN
KINSHASA, 30 January (IRIN) - At least 10,000 Congolese, mostly illegal miners, have been expelled from Angola since December 2003 under inhumane conditions, a Congolese human rights organization said on Thursday.
"They were forced back by the military and hundreds of others have been arrested and detained in subhuman conditions," Dolly Ibefo, vice-president of the rights body, Voice of the Voiceless (Voix des Sans Voix), said.

Returnees have recounted their experience on reaching the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). A priest at the

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30 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC: MONUC secures key locations to ease aid delivery

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— IRIN
KIGALI, 30 January (IRIN) - The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as MONUC, has secured two strategic points that would enable a convoy of truck carrying humanitarian aid to reach hunger-stricken population in parts of the eastern province of South Kivu.
"These are the most crucial points where we anticipated security problems," Sebastian Lapierre, a MONUC spokesman in Bukavu, told IRIN on Thursday.

He added that MONUC would ensure that the locations remained secure. He said MONUC had demilitarised the two

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29 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Federal Foreign Office to finance food aid for 87,500 refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Report
— Government of Germany
The Federal Foreign Office will give German Agro Action some 382,000 euro from its humanitarian budget to finance an aid project in Ituri Province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. German Agro Action will use this money to locally purchase foodstuffs such as maize flour, pulses, palm oil and salt to feed 87,500 internally displaced people and returnees for four months. The distribution of food complements further Agro Action projects funded by other international donors, such as the distribution of seeds and farm equipment as well as
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29 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo
UN mission's partner organization starts aid convoy in eastern DR Congo

Report
— UN News Service
A convoy carrying food and other assistance is rolling along the road from Bukavu to Mwenga in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) distributing needed items to families, the United Nations mission in the country (MONUC) reported today.
The operation by a MONUC partner, the CARITAS social service agency, started yesterday and is expected to last for several weeks. It will serve 5,500 families, MONUC said, mainly internally displaced persons (IDPs) who fled their homes during an attack by Interahamwe militia about two months ago.
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29 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 1 other
Zambia: Influx of DRC refugees as WFP stocks run low

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— IRIN
JOHANNESBURG, 29 January (IRIN) - Zambia has received an influx of Congolese refugees fleeing fighting over the past three months in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the UN's refugee agency, UNHCR, told IRIN on Thursday.
UNHCR spokeswoman Melita Sunjic said "in November we had 621 cases, and after that we've had an average of 500 per month" arriving in Zambia from the DRC.

"Apparently these people are from the villages of Kalemie, Moba, Pweto, Kizabi, Nsomboshi, Kapulo and Mwamge",

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29 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC: Military staff in the school of human rights

Report
— UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
By Christophe Boulierac
A practical excuse most frequently used in DRC by military violators of human rights is either the misunderstanding or even the ignorance of the existence of such rights. Yet, in Kisangani, it is the military command of the 9th military region that called on MONUC Human Rights Unit to organize a seminar in this area. The most assiduous obtained a certificate at the end of the training organized on 29 and 30 December 2003"

Several trainings will be organized in different sites in Eastern province.

The twenty-six participants drawn from

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29 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo
DR Congo: Briefing to the 60th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, Jan 2004

Report
— Human Rights Watch
Objective
The Commission on Human Rights should adopt a resolution encouraging the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to implement reforms in its judicial system and to begin investigation and prosecution of violations of international law committed during the recent wars (beginning in 1996 and 1998 respectively). The resolution should encourage the field office of the High Commissioner, the Special Rapporteur for the DRC and other Special Rapporteurs, the human rights officers of the UN Mission in Congo (MONUC) and of other UN agencies, as well as national
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28 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo
RDC: Interview avec Mr Leku, coordonnateur principal de l'Exécutif intérimaire de l'Ituri

Report
— UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
par Mounoubaï Madnodje/MONUC
Mounoubaï Madnodje/MONUC : Dites-moi un peu en quoi consiste l'organe exécutif intérimaire de l'Ituri?

Emmanuel Leku: Lors des travaux de la Commission de Pacification de l'Ituri (CPI), il nous avait été assigné quelques termes de référence indiquant les responsabilités que nous devons assumer dans le cadre de l'administration l'Ituri. D'abord, il s'agit de gérer l'administration publique sur toute l'étendue de l'Ituri. Ensuite, nous devions veiller sur la perception des recettes et en assurer une utilisation,

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28 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC: MONUC funds two quick impact projects in Kisangani

Report
— UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
By Yulu Kabamba
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the DRC, William Lacy Swing, was present at the inauguration of two renovated premises, funded by MONUC Quick Impact Programme, on Friday 23 January 2004 in Kisangani: One center, intended for the deaf, known as "Centre Espoir des Sourds" and one University residence known as Boyoma 1.

Initiated on 29 September 2003, the rehabilitation work on the "Centre Espoir des Sourds" was completed on 21 January 2004, the total cost of which is approximately 13,000 US dollars. The premises

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28 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC: Guarded aid convoy departs for remote east Congo

Report
— Reuters - AlertNet
KIGALI, Jan 28 (Reuters) - A big aid convoy protected by U.N. helicopter gunships set off from the eastern Congolese town of Bukavu on Wednesday to deliver supplies to remote villages struggling to recover from five years of war.
The conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo officially ended last July under a peace deal that brought the main belligerents together, but eastern parts of the vast country remain lawless with various militias fomenting insecurity.

"This area has been very insecure and inaccessible and so we're trying to open it up," said Sebastien

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28 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 5 others
Rebuilding the lives of child soldiers in West and Central Africa

Report
— UN Children's Fund
Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Congo-Brazzaville, Guinea-Conakry ... these are some of the war-torn countries in the West and Central Africa region where children are, or have recently been, enrolled as child combatants in national armed forces or rebel armed movements.
These children's stories are as endless as the horrors they have witnessed in these make-shift armies.

"I've seen war before ... up close. So much destruction and killing. It first happened in 1991. That's when

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27 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo
RDC: La difficile tâche de remise en route du système judiciaire et pénitencier dans l'Ituri

Report
— UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
par Hem Okaré/MONUC
Nous sommes ce matin au Nord de la ville, aux alentours du grand marché. Dans le cadre de sa mission, sous le chapitre 7 de la Charte des Nations Unies, de sécuriser Bunia et conformément à l'objectif de "Bunia ville sans arme", le contingent uruguayen conduit aujourd'hui une opération de "bouclage et de recherche. Très tôt ce matin, le quartier est bouclé et les recherches des armes se font maison par r maison. Vers la mi-journée, lorsque l'opération prend fin, plusieurs armes légères sont confisquées avec un nombre impressionnant
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27 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 1 other
RDC: Refoulement des congolais des zones minieres de l'Angola Bulletin d'information numéro 01/2004

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— IFRC
Fonds de Secours d'Urgence aux Catastrophes (DREF) alloué: Nul
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Ce bulletin d'information est publié pour fournir information uniquement. A ce stade, la Fédération ne recherche pas des fonds ni une assistance de donateurs pour cette opération.

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26 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo
UN mission in DR Congo renovates and erects buildings for students

Report
— UN News Service
The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), implementing "rapid impact projects," has renovated a building to house university students and built another to train the deaf.
Starting at the end of September, the mission said, it spent $13,000 renovating the Boyoma student residence at the University of Kisangani. For four months, the UN Organization Mission in the DRC (MONUC) repaired the roof, replaced windows and made the water supply, electricity and sanitation systems workable, so that 190 students now have a decent place to live and study.
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26 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo
RDC: Recensement des déplacés à Kalemie

Report
— UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
par Michel Bonnardeaux/Radio Okapi
D'après le rapport d'OCHA, le recensement dans les camps des déplacés de Kalemie avait pour objectif d'identifier les vrais déplacés des guerres et parmi eux ceux qui souhaitent regagner leurs milieux d'origine. Il s'agissait aussi de trouver les motifs de rétention dans les camps pour ceux qui ne veulent pas quitter les sites d'hébergement.

7166 familles ont été recensées dans les quatre camps de Kalemie. D'après ce rapport, deux familles sur 10 sont la responsabilité d'une femme considérée comme chef de famille. Ceci

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26 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo
RDC: La MONUC finance deux projets à impact rapide à Kisangani

Report
— UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
par Mathy Mupapa
Le Représentant spécial du Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies pour la RDC, William Lacy Swing, a pris part, le vendredi 23 janvier 2004 à Kisangani, à l'inauguration de deux bâtiments rénovés grâce au financement de la MONUC à travers son Programme de Projets à impact rapide: il s' agit du Centre Espoir des Sourds et de la résidence Boyoma I des étudiantes de l'Université.

Débutés le 29 septembre 2003, les travaux effectués au Centre Espoir des Sourds ont pris fin le 21 janvier 2004, le tout pour environ 30.000 dollars américains. Ils ont permis la construction

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25 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo
RDC: L'intégration des perspectives sexospécifiques (genre) en Ituri

Report
— UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
par Amy Smythe, Dominique René M. Bassinga/MONUC
La Résolution 1493 (2003), en son paragraphe 8, «condamne avec force les violences faites aux civils d'une manière systématique, y compris les tueries, ainsi que les autres atrocités et violations du droit international humanitaire et des droits de l'homme, en particulier la violence sexuelle contre les femmes et les filles[. . .]" . Le paragraphe 9, tout en réaffirmant l'importance d'une démarche soucieuse d'équité entre les sexes dans les opérations de maintien de la paix, souligne fort opportunément "la nécessité de s'attaquer
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24 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo
RDC: L'Administration spéciale et intérimaire de l'Ituri: une institution porteuse d'espoir et d'optimisme

Report
— UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
par Moudjib Djinadou/MONUC
L'organisation de la Commission de Pacification de l'Ituri (CPI) à Bunia, du 4 au 14 avril 2003, représentait l'aboutissement d'un processus délicat, en raison notamment des oppositions et hésitations qui en ont jalonné sa préparation. Pour rappel, la CPI était composée des signataires de l'Accord de Luanda (dont la MONUC en qualité de témoin), des forces politiques, militaires, économiques et sociales actives en Ituri, ainsi que des représentants des communautés de base de l'Ituri. L'objectif de la CPI était d'instituer une nouvelle autorité

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