Fighting in Mogadishu Displaces
More Somalis
The intensification of heavy
fighting 
in
Mogadishu has forced hundreds of thousands of Somails to
flee their homes. UN relief agencies are facing difficulties
trying to assist these people.The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator,
John Holmes, says the most vulnerable people, who are mainly
women, children and the elderly, are facing enormous difficulties."They
have virtually nothing. A lot of them are living under trees
which they apparently have to rent for shelter."
WFP Cuts Food Rations to Displaced
People in Northern Uganda
A shortage of funds has forced the World Food Programme
(WFP) to cut food rations for over one million people displaced
by conflict in northern Uganda. A WFP spokesman warns that
insufficient food could cause a lot of problems such as
theft and prostitution in the camps for the displaced
people.
Africa Malaria Day
is Observed With Optimism
The Roll Back Malaria Partnership is optimistic about cutting
malaria deaths in Africa by half in the next three years.
United Nations health experts say that some of the problems
that African countries faced in the past, in their fight
against the disease, have been resolved. The Executive Director
of the Partnership, Dr. Awa Marie Coll-Seck, says some of
the African countries failed to use effective medication
to prevent malaria. "A lot of countries
were continuing to use chloroquine or SP and it was not
very efficient."
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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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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
