Month: December 2003

New York, 22 December, 2003— Responding to recent changes in Liberia, where a transitional government has been established, the United Nations Security Council today adjusted its embargoes against the West African country, especially its ban […]

New York, 22 December, 2003— The United Nations Security Council today reiterated its full support for the nascent peace process in Burundi, approving the Secretary-General’s request to renew the mandate of the country’s UN peace-building […]

Nairobi, 22 December, 2003— Thousands of vulnerable people in the Sool and Sanaag districts of Northern Somalia have received life-saving food rations over the past three weeks, the UN World Food Programme has confirmed. ”We […]

Johannesburg, 22 December, 2003— More than 2.6 million people in Zimbabwe will face a bleak Christmas this year after having had their food rations halved because of insufficient donations from the international community, the United […]

Accra, 20 December, 2003— The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has created a peace fund to react quickly to security problems in the region, but the organisation’s annual summit on Friday failed to […]

Conakry, 21 December, 2003— Guineans voted peacefully but without much enthusiasm on Sunday in a presidential election whose guaranteed outcome is the return of the head of state, Lansana Conte, for a further seven years […]

New York, 20 December, 2003: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today hailed Libya’s announcement that it will fulfill all obligations under regimes covering the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. “He sees this as a […]

YEI, 19 December, 2003— The Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) organisation has launched an assessment into the extent of the minefields created by both sides during Sudan’s 20-year conflict with a view to starting a comprehensive […]