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13 January 2005: Programme Number 30

SUDAN - THE NORTH-SOUTH TALKS SUCCEED BUT DARFUR, IN THE WEST, REMAINS A HUGE CRISIS,
KENYA - TAKING CARE OF REFUGEES FROM NEIGHBOURS,
COTE D'IVOIRE - SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT MBEKI PRESSES ON TO GET THE PEACE PROCESS BACK ON TRACK

Hopes for lasting peace area raised following the signing of a comprehensive peace agreement between the Sudanese government and the Southern rebel movement.
UN Envoy Jan Pronk - who attended the signing event - briefs the Security Council and tells us why this is good news indeed, plus what impact will this make on the on-going crisis in Darfur, in western Sudan.

Kenya's Vice-president, Moody Awori, tells us how his country has been helping deal with the problems of neighbouring countries afflicted by conflict:
"We are trying to resolve conflicts between countries that produce refugees. We need assistance of the whole United Nations so that we can succeed in this".

And the UN's Deputy Envoy in Cote D'Ivoire, Alan Doss, speaks to us about Mr. Mbeki's latest efforts to get the Cote D'Ivoire political process back on track.

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