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UN Food Agency Warns of Looming
Disaster for Flood Victims in Uganda
The World Food Programme has warned that a disaster
is looming for hundreds of
thousands of Ugandans who have been affected by floods.
WFP has appealed for $60 million to feed 1.7 million people
until March next year. According to the agency,
the eastern and northern parts of Uganda, as well as the
drought-prone Karamoja region, have had the heaviest rains
in decades which have destroyed crops. Alix Loriston, the
World Food Programme's Deputy Country Director in Uganda
says malaria is looming and children may get sick.
"If we don't address the shortfall, which is close
to 60 million, it will be a disaster. So we don't have to
wait for the disaster to happen."
Senior UN Officials Say Deployment of Hybrid Force for Darfur
is on Track
Two senior United Nations officials say the deployment of
the hybrid UN/African Union force for Darfur is on track.
They say the mission headquarters is expected to be up and
running by the end of this month, and that the force needs
to be strong and mobile to face challenges on the ground.
The acting head of the UN field support, Jane Holl Lute
says plans are on schedule for the force to fully take over
in January."The budget has been prepared and
has been presented. It's on the order of $1.5 billion to
carry us through June of next year."
Africa is Becoming a Transit Point for Illicit Drugs to
Western Europe
Drug
trafficking is increasingly becoming a problem in Africa
which is being used as a transit point for drugs destined
for the European market. A UN official, who attended a recent
meeting of heads of law enforcement agencies in Africa,
says African countries need assistance to deal with the
problem.
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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.
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.
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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
