The UN's senior emergency relief official has urged the UN Security Council to tackle the crisis in northern Uganda, where a rebellion against the government has been continuing since the late 1980s.
The head of the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, said that around 1.4 million people have been displaced as a result of the uprising by the group known as the Lord's Resistance Army.
However, Mr Egeland said there was a historic opportunity to end the atrocities following recent contacts between the rebels and the Ugandan government.
