SG's Envoy Sees Loopholes
in Latest Cote d'Ivoire Accord
The
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General
for Cote d’Ivoire, Abou Moussa, says an agreement
recently signed by President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote
d’Ivoire and the leader of Forces Nouvelles Gillaure
Soro providing for the creation of a new transitional
government has loopholes . "The agreement
falls short of being precise on specific issues such
as what is the role that the UN will be playing beyond
the role they have been assigned to the impartial forces
in the agreement which is to assist them in overseeing
the disarmament process."
WHO Says Drug Resistant TB
Poses Threat To Fight Against HIV/AIDS
On
World Tuberculosis Day, UN health experts warn of the
threat posed by the extremely drug resistant tuberculosis
to the fight against TB and HIV / AIDS. The head of
the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan says
despite positive results in the campaign against TB,
several challenges remain."The first one
is co-infection of HIV and TB. The second challenge
is the recent emergence of extensively drug resistant
TB, what is known as XDR TB. The third challenge is
the ageing of the global population."
An NGO Report Says Minorities
Are At Risk in Africa
Minority Rights Group International has issued its
report on the State of the World’s Minorities
2007, in which it says there is good and bad news from
Africa on the protection of minorities. The spokesperson
for the NGO, Ishbel Matheson says Somalia is at the
top of the list of countries where minorities are at
risk.
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UN Human Rights Mission Says
Gross Violations Continue in Darfur
A
team recently sent by the UN Human Rights Council to
assess the human rights situation in Darfur reports
gross violations in that region of Sudan.The team leader,
Nobel prize winner Jody Williams, says there is need
for political will to stop the suffering of the people
of Darfur. "The international community has
not demonstrated unified political will to pressure
Khartoum to protect the people of Darfur. And since
it can't do it itself, it should accept the UN forces
that it said it would accept and allow them to deploy
in Darfur to protect the people."
Ban Ki-moon Condemns Violence
Against Opposition Leaders in Zimbabwe
UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN High Commissioner
for Human Rights Louise Arbour have criticised the violent
suppresion of last Sunday's prayer rally in Harare.
The Secretary-General condemned the beating up in custody
of the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change,
Morgan Tsvangirai, and supporters of the opposition."
Such actions violate the basic democratic rights of
citizens to engage in peaceful assembly."
UN
Envoy Says Insecurity Remains Major Problem in Mogadishu
The UN Special Representative
for Somalia, Francois Lonseny Fall says the security
situation in the Somali capital of Mogadisu remains
a serious problem. Mr. Fall stresses the need for Somali
authorities to address this issue by engaging in a dialogue
with all the stakeholders in Somalia to promote reconcilation.
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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?
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