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30 December 2004: Programme Number 28

"Highlights of the Year 2004"

TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF RWANDAN GENOCIDE, SG EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, SUDAN - THE DARFUR CRISIS, WORLD AIDS DAY, COTE D'IVOIRE:, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER, WANGARI MAATHAI OF KENYA

Why did the genocide happen? Why was the UN unable to prevent the killings or stop the massacres? What lessons have been learned?

We ask the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan about criticism that he is doing too little to help African countries. Mr Annan says:"Look at the famine situation in Southern Africa, who was there to feed the people and to help? The peacekeeping operations …, isn't it the UN? And the health issues, the vaccinations, the fight against polio, it is the UN.
We travel with Mr. Annan, to the Iridimi Refugee Camp in Chad, as we examined the plight of victims of the world's worst humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan, and we hear from some of them.

Africa remains the continent worst affected by HIV-AIDS, with women and girls now at greater risk than their male counterparts. We look at two high-profile events in New York on World AIDS Day and we hear the uplifting music of the all-HIV-positive South African choir.

Cote D'Ivoire: Hopes for lasting peace have been raised and dashed. And the UN envoy in Cote D'Ivoire Albert Tevoedjre announced his resignation from the job. I asked him why?
"After 2 years in that country I think I've done my share. I am 75 [years old] and I have some priorities , to fulfill my own duties towards my family and towards myself.

Professor Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan environmental campaigner and deputy minister, collects the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize. She explains how the environment affects peace in the world and how she is sharing the award with others. "It is indeed a prize for all women and especially the women of this country, of Africa, and indeed women all over the world. And especially those of us who struggle at the grassroots, and who are often not recognized."

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