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Security Council Condemns Killing
of African Peacekeepers in Darfur
On
his first day as President of the UN Security Council,
Ambassador Leslie Christian of Ghana called an emergency
meeting of the Council to respond to the attacks on
a base of the African Union Mission (AMIS) in Haskanita,
South Darfur. According to reports, rebels and militias
in trucks outnumbered and outgunned African peacekeepers
at a base manned mainly by Nigerias, killing at least
ten peacekeepers. The Council condemned the attack and
reiterated its support for AMIS. "The
Security Council deplores the loss of life and injuries
that resulted from this attack and conveys its sympathy
to the governments, families and colleagues of those
killed and injured."
UN Envoy Says Drug Trafficking Undermines Stability
in Guinea Bissau
Drug trafficking is so serious in Guinea Bissau that
it was the first issue that the country's president
highlighted when he spoke before the General Assembly
this week. The head of the UN Support Office in Guinea
Bissau, Mr. Shola Omoregie, says drug trafficking is
posing a serious threat to the country's economic and
political stability. "If drug dealers
are able to buy a parliament, then they have bought
a government, and they have bought a country. That's
why we are worried."
UN Rapporteur on Arbitrary Detention Talks about Angola's
Judicial System
One
of the casualties of the thirty year civil war in Angola
was its justice system, especially its detention facilities
and courts. A delegation of the United Nations Working
Group on Arbitrary Detention was in Angola last month
at the invitation of the government to look into the
situation. The Chairperson of the Group Ms. Leila Zerrougui,
led the mission, and says that Angola needs more detention
facilities, courts, as well as trained legal personnel
in order to improve its judicial system.
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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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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
