Following a briefing by the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Jan Egeland, on the humanitarian situation in northern Uganda, the members of the UN Security Council on 14 April 2004 condemned the atrocities carried out by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and expressed their concern about the humanitarian crisis, in particular the large-scale displacement of the civilian population, as well as the abduction of children and their forced recruitment as soldiers. The Council members called on the Ugandan government “to enhance its protection for displaced persons and those providing essential services to them”, and called on all parties to facilitate safe and unimpeded humanitarian access to the civilian population in accordance with international law.