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1. Le présent rapport fait suite à la demande exprimée par le Conseil de sécurité dans la déclaration de son président en date du 26 septembre 2001 (S/PRST/2001/25) par laquelle le Conseil me priait de le tenir régulièrement informé des activités du Bureau d'appui des Nations Unies pour la…

22 January 2014 – With brutality against children in the Central African Republic (CAR) reaching unprecedented levels as youngsters are maimed, killed and beheaded, and amid rampant sexual violence, the world community must use all the tools at its disposal to stop the conflict, the Security Council…

GENEVA (27 January 2014) – The Central African Republic is now at a critical juncture, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay warned on Monday, amid renewed fighting and the flight of ex-Séléka and Muslim civilians towards the north of the country. Since 21 January, clashes…

28 January 2014 – Seriously concerned by widespread human rights violations and the "increasing cycle of violence and retaliation" in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations peacebuilding office in the country, authorized the use of…

The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement of the new Government in the Central African Republic (CAR). He congratulates the Head of State of the Transition, Ms. Catherine Samba Panza and the Prime Minister, Mr. André Nzapayeké, for their efforts to put the transition back on track. The…

From 14 to 27 January, members of the National Electoral Authority (NEA) visited 11 of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic (CAR). Their goal was to establish an initial inventory of the resources available for a series of elections that will allow the country to close its current…

30 January 2014 – Unless the security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) improves, humanitarian agencies will not have sufficient access to people in the provinces outside the capital Bangui, the United Nations relief arm today warned. Some 825,000 people are still displaced from their…

4 February 2014 – Amid continued fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and partners are setting up temporary classrooms for more than 20,000 children in the capital, Bangui, and in the north-west of the country, with more on the way. “Many…

Bangui, 7 February 2014 - Today, the Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office for Peacebuilding in the Central African Republic (BINUCA), General Babacar Gaye, was received in audience by the Head of State of the Transition in the Central…

Bangui, 10 February, 2014 - The violence that has engulfed the city of Bangui for several weeks was this weekend punctuated by the killing of Jean-Emmanuel Ndjaroua, a member of the National Council transition (CNT), by unidentified armed persons.

Over the past months, I have issued a number of public statements urging all groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) engaged in the on-going conflict to immediately cease the violence, and warning them that those alleged to be committing heinous crimes falling within the jurisdiction of the…

Bangui, 12 February 2014 – I have witnessed in the Central African Republic a humanitarian catastrophe of unspeakable proportions. Massive ethno-religious cleansing is continuing. There have been indiscriminate killings and massacres.