Updates

International Rescue Committee Testimony of Anne C. Richard Vice President, Government Relations & Advocacy Statement for the Record Congressional Human Rights Caucus Members' Briefing: An Update on...

TALKING POINTS Civic education campaign starting; first posters released With the elections now scheduled for 18 September, the Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) is starting to publish material...

SOUTH SUDAN Security The security situation in Juba town and surroundings remained calm and stable. Juba town remained accessible from the west through Juba-Rokon road, from the south through...

La Oficina en Colombia del Alto Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos condena las muertes violentas de los señores Jes=FAs Antonio Higuita, de 72 años, William Alejandro...

Commission on Human Rights MORNING Continues General Debate on Specific Groups and Individuals The Commission on Human Rights this morning adopted four resolutions on practices fuelling contemporary...

In the refugee camps in eastern Chad, programs for children and youth are almost non-existent. Non-governmental organizations identified child protection programs as a critical need, but there are...

Khartoum, Sudan April 14, 2005 DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK: Well, thank you all for being here and I apologize for being late. I had an extensive set of meetings. As I think most of you are aware, this...

Effects of Tsunami on 26 December 2004 Period: 6 - 13 April 2005 Prepared by UN Country Team, Male', Maldives Update The American Ambassador to Maldives based in Sri Lanka has visited the Maldives...

SRSG The UNMIS SRSG, Jan Pronk is today in Paris for a two day working visit. He is expected to meet with senior French officials, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, as well as senior...

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) BACKGROUND Since 1986, the Lord's...

I. Summary There are some of us who can't seem to live without a weapon -- anywhere we hear about fighting, we have to go. It's because of the way we grew up -- and now it's in our blood. A warrior...

BOLETÍN QUINCENAL AÑO XXVI, N=BA 404 Abril 13 a 27 de 2005 ALIRIO URIBE MUÑOZ, DIANA TERESA SIERRA GÓMEZ, Abogados miembros de la Corporación Colectivo de Abogados "José Alvear Restrepo" Con la carta...

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Launch More Attacks in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) 3 Palestinian children were killed by IOF. 16 Palestinian civilians, mostly children, were wounded by...

The situation remains insecure for the 1.86 million displaced people in Darfur who have not been able to return home. In Darfur civilians are still targeted by militias supported or condoned by the...

Washington, 13 abr. (SNE).- El Gobierno colombiano ratificó en las últimas horas su adhesión a la Convención Interamericana sobre Desaparición Forzada de Personas, ante la Organización de Estados...

BOLETÍN QUINCENAL AÑO XXVI, N=BA 404 Abril 13 a 27 de 2005 EL PROYECTO DE IMPUNIDAD SIGUE SU MARCHA RICARDO DE LIMA, Ensayista y Profesor Universitario Tal como lo ha venido advirtiendo el senador...

Urgent action to address inequality is required in Kenya if a future major internal conflict is to be avoided. A new report launched today in Nairobi, Kenya and at the Commission on Human Rights in...

YEREVAN, 13 April 2005 - UNICEF has hailed Armenia's ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict and ILO...