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- Don't coddle Beijing - it must account for its role in Darfur 13 May 2008 05:17 GMT
... - think of Sierra Leone, Rwanda, the Congo, Eastern Europe and Afghanistan, to name a few. ... Darfur. China has been obstructionist in the UN Security Council while blithely supplying Khartoum with ... the deployment of the desperately needed 26,000-strong United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur. Ms. Gagnon and ...
- UN Peacekeeping Paramilitarism 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
... them "Blue Helmets" or "peacekeepers," and the UN defines their mission as "a way to ... its agencies (like UNICEF, WFP, UNHCR and UNESCO) have a history of providing important services ... to pursue its greater prize in resource-rich Congo (DRC). It didn't matter that hundreds of thousands died ...
- Massacres and Paramilitary Land Seizures in Colombia 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
... world's worst refugee crises after Darfur and Congo. Several companies were collaborating by falsifying deeds to ... the past four years, according to the UN High Commission for Refugees, with most coming from ...
- Congo-Kinshasa: UN Fund Provides $60 Million for Humanitarian Efforts 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
... in 2006 and is coordinated by the United Nations has allocated $60 million to 163 humanitarian ... projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The financial aid will be used to ... humanitarian work of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and UN agencies in the country. Some $55 million ...
- Africa: Safeguarding Children From Armed Conflict 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
... last year, such recruitment has essentially ceased, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reported to the Security Council ... government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and rebel factions in the provinces of North ...
- Rwanda: Calls for Faster Pace in Disarming Rebels 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
... human rights violations by FDLR rebels against Congolese civilians, Rwanda has said Kinshasa was slow in implementing its obligations under ... meeting by its Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Joseph Nsengimana. In the Nairobi Communiqué, ...
- Congo-Kinshasa: MONUC is Part of the Problem [editorial] 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
... SERIOUS allegations persist against Indian and Pakistani officers serving under MONUC, the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo. According to a recent BBC report, some have been involved in illegal gold and weapons ...
- Congo-Kinshasa: Meeting of Alan Doss With the President 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
... President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, received on 2 May 2008, the Special ... May 2008, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG), Alan Doss, and Ambassadors of the ...
- Uganda: 'DRC Not Commited to Disarmament' 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
... Sezibera: "That's all we know. They [the Congolese] said they would carry out military operations against ... held a series of meetings at the UN headquarters in New York to assess progress in ...
- Congo-Kinshasa: Mr. Doss Awards UN Medals to the Departing Tunisian Contingent [press release] 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
... observers and staff officers, were decorated in Kinshasa with United Nations medals for good and faithful services rendered ... is currently in the province of Bas Congo, to monitor security after the recent violence in the ...
- World Bank Oversees Carve-Up of Congo Rainforests 13 May 2008 04:51 GMT
... World Bank oversees the carve-up of Congo's rainforests: 60-fold increase in logging planned Environment, development ... environment. The World Bank, together with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), is supporting the development of comprehensive new ...
- The U.K.-Iran Crisis: The West Confronts a Rising Iran 13 May 2008 04:45 GMT
... in Iraqi waters while serving under a United Nations mandate. Other members of the Security ... the Security Council -- such as China, Congo, Indonesia, Qatar, and South Africa -- were also ...
- Rwanda: Govt Urges Congo to Disarm Rebels 13 May 2008 04:45 GMT
... expressed doubts about the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) commitment to disarming rebels of the Forces Démocratiques ... held a series of meetings at the UN headquarters in New York to assess progress in ...
- 2008 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARDS 13 May 2008 03:34 GMT
... BE A GANGSTER (J'AI TOUJOURS RÊVÉ D'ÊTRE UN GANGSTER)/ France. Told in four vignettes, this existential ... director of GREATEST SILENCE: RAPE IN THE CONGO, for her piercing, intimate look into the struggle of ...
- Tuesday, May 20 13 May 2008 00:57 GMT
... Today is Tuesday, May 20, the 141st day of 2008. ... civil war. 1995 - The government in Kinshasa lifts the quarantine on the region affected ... 10 days. 1996 - Iraq and the United Nations sign an agreement to let the country ...
- A war on women 13 May 2008 00:46 GMT
... over, but rape, brutality and terror continue. KAILAHUN, SIERRA LEONE -- Greetings from a war ... on duty or close at hand. The United Nations and international aid agencies are assisting "recovery." ... mass rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a smiling guerrilla says he's "made love" to ...
- Reversing Africa's Decline 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
... and sanctioning of direct intervention by the United Nations as the ruling power in the ... European mercenaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) came into play forcing ...
- We Don't Need Leaders 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
... of leadership (the military-style) is American and un-African for two reasons. First, there were/are many ... the place in Africa: Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Togo, etc. with ...
- Africa: China's Top Priority 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
... Jiabao toured Egypt, Ghana, Republic of the Congo, Angola, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda June 17-24. ... recent years, it has efficiently participated in UN peacekeeping operations in Africa. To date, it has ...
- Civil Society Organizations: Key to Achieving MDGs 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
... up efforts to achieve the MDGs. The United Nations maintains active partnership with civil society organizations. ... organizations is aptly demonstrated by the acronym CONGO – The Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with ... United Nations. The common engagement of the UN and CSOs in Africa should be driven ...
- Africa Incorporated 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
... report, more than 85% of small businesses run by black people in South Africa rely ... other hand, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Algeria, and Sudan continue to ... 10 industrial companies as measured by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization?s manufacturing value-added (MVA) include ...
- Hiding the Loot: Western Banks and Third World Assets 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
... globalized economy." Jack Blum, Offshore expert & UN consultant. Offshore banks and companies are another ... of arms to the former president of Congo-Brazzaville, Pascal Lissouba, which were then deployed in a ...
- How Kenya lost its way 13 May 2008 00:15 GMT
... Kenya isn't supposed to be like this. Congo and Côte d'Ivoire certainly, or Rwanda at one time. ... nation deemed sufficiently tranquil to host several UN agencies, it serves as headquarters for hundreds of ...
- SA to focus UN Security Council on African issues 13 May 2008 00:08 GMT
... to the helm as President of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) this month, with plans ... plans to enhance security cooperation between the UN and the African Union. Deputy Foreign Minister ... crises in Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Darfur region, adds Katito. The ...
- Now is the time to act 13 May 2008 00:06 GMT
... of the new leaders). Why should the Congolese people, for example, who are among the poorest ... Keep on being politically active through the UN summit in September and the World Trade Organisation ...
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