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/ 30 / 2003
IRIN
The article: "UN envoy assesses
impact of Ivorian crisis"
The
UN Secretary-General's humanitarian envoy for the crisis in Cote
d'Ivoire arrived in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, on Wednesday
to assess the impact of the crisis on Ghana, the Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported.
Humanitarian
Envoy Carolyn McAskie's mission also included reviewing the humanitarian
response in Ghana and ascertaining the level of emergency preparedness
measures currently in place, OCHA said. During her 24-hour mission,
McAskie was scheduled to meet government officials, including
the Vice-President and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, international
humanitarian organisations and representatives of civil society.
Some
40,000 people are estimated to have entered Ghana from Cote d’Ivoire
since a failed coup attempt on 19 September 2002 led to a rebel
war. Most passed through Ghana on their way to Burkina Faso, Mali,
Niger and other countries, OCHA said on Thursday.
"The
Humanitarian Envoy hopes to raise awareness among donors of the
need to fund activities to prepare Ghana for a possible worsening
of the situation in neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire," OCHA
said.
Before
leaving Abidjan, McAskie, who discussed the destruction of shantytowns
by Ivorian security forces with President Laurent Gbagbo, visited
the "Washington" shantytown on 25 January and heard
eyewitness accounts of brutality there.
Residents
of "Washington" later reported that on Tuesday night,
their community was again visited by armed men in uniform who
accused them of speaking to the press, set fire to nine homes,
brutalized residents and detained seven young men. A similar incident
occurred on Monday night in "Abdoulaye Diallo", another
shantytown, where 50 homes were burned.
"OCHA
is deeply concerned with these reports and is following the situation
closely, along with Save the Children, and other partners. OCHA
again calls on local and national authorities as well as all security
forces in Abidjan to respect national and international laws,"
the UN office said on Thursday.
McAskie
was due to leave Accra on Thursday evening for Ouagadougou, Burkina
Faso, before travelling to Guinea, Liberia, and Mali.
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