Sudan Agrees to UN Heavy Support
Package for Darfur
The
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon this week received a letter
from the government of Sudan informing him that it has agreed
to the second phase of the deployment of a joint AU/UN force
in Darfur. The news came as the Chairman of the African
Union, Alpha Oumar Konare was at the UN to discuss Darfur
with the Secretary-General. The head of UN peacekeeping
operations, Jean-Marie Guehenno, says this is part of a
process to deploy the hybrid force in Darfur."The
heavy support package is not the robust force that Darfur
needs. It's a support package to lay the ground for a future
robust force."
Children in Conflict Situations
Face Many Challenges
A new NGO report on children in Sudan says that the well
being of children in the country is at a critical stage.
Dr. Francis Deng, who participated in the launch of the
report, tells UN Radio that children are always more vulnerable
in conflict situations.
Rwanda Genocide is Reminder of
Responsibility to Protect
The commemoration of the 13th anniversary of the Rwanda
genocide has
underscored the importance of the principle of the responsibility
to protect vulnerable people. Participants at a panel discussion
held to commemorate the genocide, say the Security Council
failed in 1994 to protect the Tutsis and moderate Hutus
from mass murder by Hutu extremists. Imaccule Ilibagiza
survived the genocide. "I remember hearing a
lot (that) Romeo Dallaire was calling the UN to help, was
calling powerful countries but somehow we didn't seem to
have any response coming."
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UN
Commemorates 13th Anniversary of Rwanda Genocide
As
the UN commemorates
the 13th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide, UN Secretary-Ban
Ki-moon recalls that his visit to Rwanda last year to pay
respect to the victims and survivors of the slaughter has
had a profound and a personal impact. He says two messages
should be paramount: "First, never forget. Second,
never stop working to prevent another genocide."
South Africa Says Zimbabwe Should
Not be on Security Council Agenda
In this second of a two part interview,
Ambassador Dumisani Khumalo of South Africa, President of
the Security Council in March, explains why troubled Zimbabwe
should not be on the Council's agenda. He also talks about
some of the challenges that African members face in the
Security Council.
Roles of Grandparents and Grandchildren
Are Changing in Africa
Grandparents and children in Africa are increasingly forced
to become heads of households as a result of conflicts and
AIDS. Some of the people involved in preparations for the
first-ever summit on the issue want the United Nations to
address this problem.
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PILOT EDITION Real Audio
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
