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General Assembly Starts 62nd
Session under the Theme of Climate Change
The UN General Assembly holds its 62nd session, under the
theme of climate change. Some of the African heads of state
talk about the challenges that the continent is facing,
including struggling to meet the Millennium Development
Goals of reducing poverty by 2015.
Security Council Holds Summit on Peace and Security in Africa
As world leaders gather in New York for the General Assembly,
the Security Council holds a top-level meeting on Peace
and Security in Africa. Participants say that despite progress
that Africa has made in resolving conflicts, it is still
facing challenges such as instability in Somalia.
Humanitarian Diplomacy Faces Challenges in Sudan
As
top diplomats and world leaders gather in New York, another
form of diplomacy, known as humanitarian diplomacy, is being
practiced in conflict or disaster areas by people who are
providing relief assistance to the needy people. UN Radio
discusses humanitarian diplomacy in Sudan with two of the
people who have co-written a book on the subject.
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Secretary-General Launches a Group to Boost MDG's in Africa
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launches the MDG Africa
Steering Group to boost Africa's efforts to meet the Millennium
Development Goals set by world leaders in 2000. He says
he is concerned that Sub-Saharan Africa is still lagging
behind in meeting the goals to improve people's lives.
Africa is Making Progress in
Information and Communication Technologies
The Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication
Union, Hamadoun Toure, says information and communication
technologies are critical for meeting the Millennium Development
Goals in Africa. Dr.Toure says that Africa can meet these
goals in the ICT if its leaders do the right things.
UN Human Rights Chief Says Violations
Continue in Darfur
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour
says that violations of human rights happen daily in the
troubled Darfur region of Sudan. She says that a peace conference
to resolve the crisis and the deployment of a hybrid UN/AU
peacekeeping force offer source of hope for improving the
human rights situation in this region.
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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
