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UN
SECRETARY-GENERAL VISITS NIGER & COTE
D'IVOIRE - THREAT OF A COUP PLOT
 UN
Secretary-General, Kofi Annan has visited Niger
to see for himself the scale of the food crisis
that has left more than 2.5 million people in
urgent need of food aid. Mr. Annan has tried to
avoid controversy and criticism that the UN response
in Niger has been slow and late: "I
think this is an unfortunate debate. What is important
is for us to focus on providing emergency aid
to those who need it."
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Cote
D'Ivoire's peace process suffers another blow as the
South African government reviews its mediation role
and the rebels controlling the north of the country
say they don't want to deal with the South Africans
anyway. Could UN sanctions save the process?"We
are not very keen to punish people. We are very keen
to solve the problem. But, of course, the United Nations
will have to decide on this with the African Union and
if there are people that are culprits that's a matter
that they will decide," says South African
Defence Minister Mosioua Lekota.
As
world leaders prepare to attend the 2005 UN Summit in
New York in two weeks time, Kenya's Minister
for Water and Development, Martha Karua, highlights
one key issue world leaders must tackle - water and
its interconnections with poverty and education. "In
a way, water is linked to all the MDGs, including that
of universal primary education for both boys and girls.
Girls drop out when they spend the whole day or days
on end in search of water."
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?