Background Information

I- UN DOCUMENTS

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Report from the Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Mr. Walter Kalin, 16 March 2007, A/HRC/4/38/Add.5
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G07/119/27/PDF/G0711927.pdf?OpenElement

UN International Human Rights Instrument, Core document forming part of the reports of States Parties: Central African Republic, 19 March 1999, HRI/CORE/1/Add.100
http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/1ad404b739ad95c4802567a900309efc?Opendocument

Secretary-General's Reports to the Security Council:

http://www.un.org/documents/repsc.htm

-Report of the Secretary-General on Chad and CAR, 10 August 2007, S/2007/488
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N07/448/21/PDF/N0744821.pdf?OpenElement

-Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the CAR and the activities of the UN Peacebuilding Support Office in the CAR, June 2007, S/2007/376
http://daccess-ods.un.org/TMP/3694142.html

-Report of the Secretary-General on Chad and the CAR, February 2007, S/2007/97
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N07/242/07/PDF/N0724207.pdf?OpenElement

-Report of the Secretary-General on Chad and the Central African Republic, 23 February 2007, S/2007/97
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N07/242/07/PDF/N0724207.pdf?OpenElement

-Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic and the activities of the United Nations Peace-building Support Office in the Central African Republic, 28 December 2006, S/2006/1034
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N06/676/21/PDF/N0667621.pdf?OpenElement

-Report of the Secretary-General on Chad and the Central African Republic pursuant to paragraphs 9 (d) and 13 of Security Council resolution 1706 (2006), 22 December 2006, S/2006/1019
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N06/682/07/PDF/N0668207.pdf?OpenElement

-Interim report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic subsequent to the press statement of 7 July 2006 by the President of the Council, 19 October 2006, S/2006/828
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N06/568/56/PDF/N0656856.pdf?OpenElement

-Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic and the activities of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in the Central African Republic, 27 June 2006, S/2006/441
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N06/393/90/PDF/N0639390.pdf?OpenElement

-Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic and the activities of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in the Central African Republic, 29 December 2005, S/2005/831
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N05/650/67/PDF/N0565067.pdf?OpenElement

-Report of the Secretary-General in follow-up to the statement by the President of the Security Council of 22 July 2005 on the situation in the Central African Republic, 27 October 2005, S/2005/679
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N05/557/55/PDF/N0555755.pdf?OpenElement

-Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic and the activities of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in the Central African Republic, 27 June 2005, S/2005/414
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N05/394/49/PDF/N0539449.pdf?OpenElement

UNHCR

-UNHCR/CARITAS, Network of Humanitarian Observers, Preliminary Report about Internal Displacement in north-western CAR, November 2006 – February 2007, http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpDocuments)/74FCE6D3D51D1F4EC12572E2002F9B31/$file/UNHCR-CAR+IDP+Report+April+2007.pdf

-UNHCR Report 2006 http://www.unhcr.org/home/RSDCOI/447ff7a13e.html

-UNHCR Global Report 2006 http://www.unhcr.org/home/PUBL/4666d2320.pdf

UNICEF

-UNICEF, Central African Republic monthly report, September 2007,
http://hdptcar.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/unicef_car_sitrep_sep07.pdf

-UNICEF Humanitarian Action Update on CAR, 2007, http://www.unicef.org/har07/index_37588.htm

UN Country Team report

-Humanitarian and Development Partnership Team Central African Republic, CAR September 2007 Country Fact Sheet, September 2007, http://hdptcar.net/files/documents/HDPT_CAR_Fact_Sheet_ENG.pdf

- Humanitarian and Development Partnership Team Central African Republic, CAR Country Briefing Pack, March 2007, http://hdptcar.net/blog/central-african-republic-profile/

-UN, ‘The People are Traumatised’- Report on a joint UN/NGO mission to Birao and Am Dafok, CAR, March 2007,
http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpDocuments)/B22B43337F8CF36FC12572E2002C98F7/$file/Birao+mission+report+30Mar2007.pdf

II- NGO REPORTS

Amnesty International

-Amnesty International, Central African Republic: Civilians in peril in the wild north, 19 September 2007, AFR 19/003/2007
http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engafr190032007

-Amnesty International, Amnesty International Report 2007,
http://www.amnestyusa.org/annualreport.php?id=ar&yr=2007&c=CAF

- Amnesty International, Amnesty International Report 2006
http://www.amnestyusa.org/annualreport.php?id=ar&yr=2007&c=CAF

-Amnesty International, Amnesty International Report 2005
http://www.amnestyusa.org/annualreport.php?id=ar&yr=2005&c=CAF

- Amnesty International, Government tramples on the basic rights of detainees, 30 November 2006, AFR 19/007/2006
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR190072006?open&of=ENG-CAF

Human rights Watch

Human Rights Watch, State of Anarchy: Rebellion and Abuses against Civilians, October 2007,
http://hrw.org/reports/2007/car0907/

International Criminal Court

Fact-sheet: the situation in CAR, May 2007, http://www.iccnow.org/documents/ICC_OTP_CAR_FS_eng.pdf

-Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Norwegian Refugee Council, Internal Displacement in CAR: A Protection Crisis, 26 January 2007,
http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004BE3B1/(httpInfoFiles)/63ACDE89E61019B5C125726F0035E8A0/$file/CAR_report_Jan2007.pdf

-International Rescue Committee, Protection Analysis, August 2007, http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpDocuments)/226926E063FA2B6FC125736A0023520B/$file/IRC+Protection+Analysis+-+August+2007.pdf

-Norwegian Refugee Council, Care International and World Vision, Inter-Agency report on the Central African Republic, 10-17 February 2007,
http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpDocuments)/AC77BB51A2953536C12572A5002A2CB5/$file/CAR+INTERAGENCY+Final.pdf

Oxfam: CAR- Ammunition the fuel of conflict, 15 June 2006, http://www.oxfam.org/en/files/bn060615_ammunition/download

Refugees International

-Refugees International, Bulletin: Central African Republic: take steps now to head off intractable crisis, April 2007,
http://www.refintl.org/content/article/detail/9962/

-Refugees International, Bulletin: CAR: An unknown emergency in dangerous region, December 2006,
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/9725/

Security Council Report, Update report on Chad and Central African Republic, 21 September 2007
http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/Update%20Report%2021%20September%202007_Chad%20CAR.pdf

EUROPEAN COMMISSION HUMANITARIAN AID DOCUMENTS

-‘Bandits, rebels and more than 200.000 displaced people’: Commission provides €4 million in humanitarian aid to victims of insecurity in the CAR, August 2007, http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/1211&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

-Central African Republic: The EC launches a major Program to support governance and the opening- up of the country, March 2007, IP/07/303 http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:13esBkBf5zMJ:www.europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do%3Freference%3DIP/07/303%26format%3DPDF%26aged%3D1%26language%3DEN%26guiLanguage%3Den+european+commission+central+african+republic&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=uk

IV- GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

US AID: CAR-Complex Emergency Report, 2007 http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/TBRL-77GT68/$File/Full_Report.pdf

U.S. Department of State, Country report on Human Rights Practices 2006 http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78725.htm

V- MAPS AND STATISTICS

Maps

-UNHCR CAR Atlas Map, March 2006, http://www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/4540a9aa4.pdf

- UNHCR CAR Logistical Map, September 2006, http://www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/4538b3aa4.pdf

Statistics

-UNICEF, General Statistics http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/car_statistics.html

-UNHCR, Statistical Yearbook, 2005 http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/STATISTICS/4641836d0.pdf

Waging Peace