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Health
» 25.02.2002 - Lionel Mtshali: The war on HIV/AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) 
» Defending the Medicines Control Amendment Act (SA govt., 02 March 2001) 

Human Rights
» Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN, 1948) 
» Algeria: Five journalists missing (Reporters Sans Frontières, 1 Febr. 2001) 
» UN Human Rights report 2001 - Congo Kinshasa (DRC) (1 Feb. 2001) 
» UN report on the human rights situation in Equatorial Guinea - 2001 (16 Jan. 2001) 
» UN Human Rights report 2000 - Equatorial Guinea (2 Feb. 2000) 
» The trafficking of children between Benin and Gabon (1999, by Anti-Slavery)
» Equatorial Guinea: The impossible humanitarian space (Document by Mèdecins sans Frontières) 
» Situation of human rights in Rwanda (UN, 21 March 2001) 
» Rwandan response to Amnesty allegations on  human rights in Eastern Congo (Rwandan govt. 21. Nov. 2001) 
» Togo: Rule of Terror (by Amnesty International, May 1999) 
» Report of the International Commission of Inquiry for Togo (UN/OAU Dec. 2000) 
» Zimbabwe: Amnesty International condemns attacks on gay rights groups (1996 press release) 

Labour
» Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (ILO, 1999/2000) 
» Equatorial Guinea: Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights (2000) (by ICFTU)

Law
» 24.10.2002 - Nigerian govt statement on ICJ's border judgement 
» 19.10.2000 - ICTR Appeals Chamber Judgement on Kambanda (former Rwandan Prime Minister)
» 04.10.2000 - Report of the Secretary-General on the establishment of a Special Court for Sierra Leone  
» Clemency Order (providing amnesty for political crimes during the Zimbabwe elections) 

Politics
» 18.04.2002: Accord de Dakar entre Ratsiraka et Ravalomanana (Madagascar) 
» June 2001: Letter from the Sunni Muslim Supreme Council of Malawi to President Muluzi (Malawi) 
» Elections in the Sudan (NGOs joint written statement, 13.02.2001) 
» Communiqué of the Lusaka Summit (Aug. 2000) (On peace in Congo Kinshasa)
» NDI Statement on Political Developments in Côte d'Ivoire (Abidjan, August 11, 2000)
» Joint Declaration of Fomboni (In French) between Comoros and Anjouan
» The role of Liberia's logging industry on national and regional insecurity (January 2001)

Refugees
» Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa   

Society 
» ILGA Africa 2000 Report (Homosexuality in Africa)

Algeria
» 20.06.2001 - Report of the [UN] Secretary-General on the situation concerning Western Sahara 
         » Read the UN's correspondence with the Algerian President (part of report)
» Algeria: Five journalists missing (Reporters Sans Frontières, 1 Febr. 2001) 
» 21.06.1995 - Report of The Security Council Mission to Western Sahara (and Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania) 

Angola
» 13.03.2002 - Angolan govt announcement of cessation of military movements 
» "The Lipstick of Dictatorship" by Rafael Marques (July 1999) 

Benin
» The trafficking of children between Benin and Gabon (1999, by Anti-Slavery)

Cameroon
» 24.10.2002 - Nigerian govt statement on ICJ's border judgement 

Central African Republic
» 29.06.2000 - UN report on the situation in the Central African Republic 

Comoros
» Joint Declaration of Fomboni (In French) between Comoros and Anjouan defining a Comoran Confederation

Congo Kinshasa (DRC)
» 16.10.2002 - UN report on illegal resource exploitation in the DRC (intro & conclusions) 
» More on illegal operations in: 
   1 - the Uganda-controlled area; 
   2 - the Rwanda-controlled area; and 
   3 - the Government-controlled area (including Zimbabwean opertations) 
» 23.10.2002 - Rwanda's reply to UN report on DRC resource exploitation 
» 21.11.2001 - Rwandan response to Amnesty allegations on  human rights in Eastern Congo 
» UN Human Rights report 2001 - Congo Kinshasa (DRC) (1 Feb. 2001) and Summary of report 
» 11.05.2000 - UN Security Council mission visit to the DRC (and Zambia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Uganda) 
» Communiqué of the Lusaka Summit (Aug. 2000) (On peace in Congo Kinshasa)

Côte d'Ivoire
» 11.08.2000 - NDI Statement on Political Developments in Côte d'Ivoire (Abidjan)

Equatorial Guinea
» UN report on the human rights situation in Equatorial Guinea - 2001 (16 Jan. 2001) 
» UN Human Rights report 2000 - Equatorial Guinea (2 Feb. 2000) 
» Equatorial Guinea: Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights (2000) (by ICFTU)
» The Guinea Connection (Document on govt. involvement in drug trafficking) 
» Equatorial Guinea: The impossible humanitarian space (Document by Mèdecins sans Frontières) 
» CIDDE - Over 200 Equatoguinean documents in Spanish (Aprox. 200 documentos en español) 

Gabon
» The trafficking of children between Benin and Gabon (1999, by Anti-Slavery)

Guinea
» 16.10.2000 - Report of the Security Council mission to Sierra Leone (and Guinea, Liberia and Mali) 

Guinea-Bissau
» 22.06.2001 - Report of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau 
» 16.03.2001 - Report of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau 
» 29.09.2000 - Report of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau 
» 28.06.2000 - Report of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau 
» 24.03.2000 - Report of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau 
» 23.12.1999 - Report of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau (incl. November elections) 
» 01.07.1999 - Report of the Secretary-General relative to the situation in Guinea-Bissau (background inf.) 
» 17.03.1999 - Report of the Secretary-General relative to the situation in Guinea-Bissau (Abuja Agreement) 

Liberia
» 30.04.2001 - Report of the UN Secretary-General regarding sanctions against Liberia 
» The role of Liberia's logging industry on national and regional insecurity (January 2001)
» 16.10.2000 - Report of the Security Council mission to Sierra Leone (and Guinea, Liberia and Mali) 

Madagascar 
» 18.04.2002: Accord de Dakar entre Ratsiraka et Ravalomanana (in French) 

Malawi
» Malawi's third term vote: Statistics and facts (July 2002) 
» June 2001: Letter from the Sunni Muslim Supreme Council of Malawi to President Muluzi 

Morocco
» 19.02.2002 - Report of the Secretary-General on the situation concerning Western Sahara 
» 20.06.2001 - Report of the [UN] Secretary-General on the situation concerning Western Sahara 
» 21.06.1995 - Report of The Security Council Mission to Western Sahara (and Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania) 
» 16.10.1975 - International Court of Justice's advice on Western Sahara's sovereignty 

Namibia
» August 2002: EU's Strategy Paper for Namibia 2002-05 (with Namibian govt comments) 

Nigeria
» 24.10.2002 - Nigerian govt statement on ICJ's border judgement 

Rwanda
» 23.10.2002 - Rwanda's reply to UN report on DRC resource exploitation 
» 16.10.2002 - UN document: Rwanda's illegal resource exploitation in the DRC 
» 21.11.2001 - Rwandan response to Amnesty allegations on  human rights in Eastern Congo 
» Situation of human rights in Rwanda (UN, 21 March 2001) 
» 19.10.2000 - ICTR Appeals Chamber Judgement on Kambanda (former Rwandan Prime Minister) 
» 11.05.2000 - UN Security Council mission visit to the DRC (and Zambia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Uganda) 
» 04.09.1998 - Jean Kambanda: Judgement and Sentence 
» 28.02.1995 - Report of the UN Security Council mission to Rwanda 

Sierra Leone
» 25.06.2001 - Tenth report of the UN  Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone 
» 04.04.2001 - Sierra Leonean women's testimonies on rape by RUF terrorists 
» 14.03.2001 - Ninth report of the UN  Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone 
» 16.10.2000 - Report of the Security Council mission to Sierra Leone (and Guinea, Liberia and Mali) 
» 04.10.2000 - Report of the Secretary-General on the establishment of a Special Court for Sierra Leone  
» The role of Liberia's logging industry on national and regional insecurity (January 2001) 

Somalia 
» 11.10.2001 - Report of the UN Secretary-General on the situation in Somalia 

South Africa
» 13.03.2002 - Interim statement by South African Observer Mission on Zimbabwean presidential elections 
» 25.02.2002 - Lionel Mtshali: The war on HIV/AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal 
» Defending the Medicines Control Amendment Act (SA govt., 02.03.2001) 

Sudan
» Elections in the Sudan (NGOs joint written statement, 13.02.2001) 
» Allegations of Oil Development Displacement in Sudan assessed against Independent Sources (ESPAC, March 2001) 

Togo
» 05.05.1999 - Togo: Rule of Terror (by Amnesty International) 
» Report of the International Commission of Inquiry for Togo (UN/OAU Dec. 2000) 

Uganda
» 16.10.2002 - UN document: Uganda's illegal resource exploitation in the DRC 
» British govt: Personality Note on Idi Amin Dada (1971) 
» 11.05.2000 - UN Security Council mission visit to the DRC (and Zambia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Uganda) 

Western Sahara 
» 19.02.2002 - Report of the Secretary-General on the situation concerning Western Sahara 
» 20.06.2001 - Report of the [UN] Secretary-General on the situation concerning Western Sahara 
         » Read the entire document (124 kb)
         » Read the report assessing the situation concerning Western Sahara 
         » Read the proposal titled "Framework agreement on the Status of Western Sahara" 
         » Read the UN's correspondence with the Algerian President 
         » Read the UN's correspondence with the President of the POLISARIO 
» 21.06.1995 - Report of The Security Council Mission to Western Sahara (and Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania) 
» 16.10.1975 - International Court of Justice's advice on Western Sahara's sovereignty 

Zimbabwe
» 16.10.2002 - UN document: Zimbabwe's illegal resource exploitation in the DRC 
» 14.03.2002 - Preliminary Report on Zimbabwe elections by Commonwealth Observer Group 
» 13.03.2002 - Interim statement by South African Observer Mission on Zimbabwean presidential elections 
» 13.03.2002 - Preliminary statement on presidential elections by the Norwegian Observer Mission 
» 14.02.2001 -  'Zimbabwe: Lessons for South Africa and Southern Africa' - Speech by Zwelinzima Vavi, COSATU
» 06.10.2000 - Clemency Order (providing amnesty for political crimes during the elections) 
» 11.05.2000 - UN Security Council mission visit to the DRC (and Zambia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Uganda) 
» Zimbabwe: Amnesty International condemns attacks on gay rights groups (1996 press release) 

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