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STATUS ON WOMEN
 Ten
years after the world conference on women which
was held in Beijing, women from around the world
came to the UN Headquarters to review progress
that has been made.The review coincided with this
year’s session of the Commission on the Status
of Women. The Executive Director of the UN Development
Fund for Women, Noeleen Heyzer says that while
progress has been made in the advancement of women,
more still needs to be done. The Executive Director
of Femmes Africa Solidarite, Bineta Diop says
that African women are no longer mere victims
of violence but are actively engaged in efforts
to resolve conflicts in Africa.
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ETHIOPIA/ERITREA:
The UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea is still not
able to complete its work as a result of a stalemate
on the demarcation of the border which sparked a war
between the two countries:
DARFUR
CRISIS: The United Nations has withdrawn its relief
workers from western Darfur because militias have threatened
to attack them:
HIV/AIDS:
UNAIDS recently issued a report outlining three scenarios
of the AIDS Epidemic in Africa in the next 25 years.
Tenth anniversary of the Rwandan
genocide: Why did the genocide happen?
Why was the UN unable to prevent the killings
or stop the massacres? What lessons have been
learned?