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UN Human Rights
Council holds its First Session in Geneva,
Refugee All Stars of Sierra Leone Keep the Flame
of Hope Alive With Music
UN-Habitat Ambassador Joaquim Chissano Talks
About Need to Develop African Youth
The 47-member UN Human Rights
Council began its inaugural session in Geneva
on Monday with representatives of more than
100 countries and UN Officials attending:  "Conflict,
disease, poverty, inequality have taken a very
important share in African destiny and certainly
have a very heavy impact on the enjoyment of
human rights in Africa,"
says Bacre Ndiaye, Director of the New York
Office of the UN Human Rights Commisioner, speaking
in Geneva.
 Reuben
Koroma, the leader of the Refugee All Stars
band of former Sierra Leoneans talks about keeping
hope alive. He recalls what it was like when
he returned to his country after leaving as
a refugee."I felt very bad
at first. I saw that many good places have been
destroyed and most of my loved ones are dead.
For about three or four months I was not happy."
 Former
President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique has
been appointed UN Habitat ambassador to promote
the development of urban youth in Africa. At
the World Urban Forum in Vancouver Canada, he
says young people should be involved in finding
solutions to the problem of slums.
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CAMEROON-NIGERIA: HANDING OVER BAKASSI
AND AVOIDING OPEN CONFLICT, AND
SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: INTERVIEW
WITH PROSECUTOR DE SILVA
In a significant move
showing that potentially deadly and
costly conflicts can be averted in Africa,
Presidents Obasanjo of Nigeria and Biya
of Cameroon sign another key agreement
in New York, to finally resolve the
dispute over their common border - including
the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula.
"On a continent
with an abundance of conflicts, their
decision was ultimately a victory for
the rule of law, and for the idea that
differences can be resolved peacefully,"
says UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan.
"Its significance goes much
beyond Nigeria and Cameroon. It should
represent a model of resolution of similar
conflicts in Africa, and I dare say,
in the world at large,"
adds President Obasanjo.
 The
UK government offers a prison home for
the indicted former Liberian president
Charles Taylor, if he is convicted of
war crimes charges at the UN-backed
Special Court for Sierra Leone in Freetown.
The court Prosecutor, Desmond De Silva
responds to critics who say Mr. Taylor
must remain in Sierra Leone to, experience
the same difficult conditions as others
- including mosquito bites: "So,
is the suggestion that if he goes to
The Hague I should have a consignment
of mosquitoes taken to The Hague and
introduced into his cell so that he
would suffer the same discomfort as
others? Well, it's an interesting proposition."
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 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? Transcript
Real Audio
Reflections
of the Genocide |
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