April 2006 – Page 5 – AfricaNewsAnalysis

Annan calls for global support to use sport as a tool for ‘development and peace’

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New York, 3 April, 2006— Welcoming a report on the achievements of the International Year of Sport and Physical Education, which took place last year, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on all Governments […]

Deputy Secretary-General urges UN budget panel to back management reforms

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New York, 3 April, 2006— Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown today urged the United Nations budget committee to back a sweeping set of reforms put forward by Secretary-General Kofi Annan last month to keep step […]

Member States submit election candidates for new UN Human Rights Council

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New York, 3 April, 2006— So far 17 Member States have announced their candidacies for next month’s election to the new 47-member Human Rights Council that replaces the much-criticized and now defunct Human Rights Commission, […]

UN officials call for partnership between countries that send and receive migrants

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New York, 3 April, 2006— With some 200 million people living outside their home countries, more than any time in history, partnerships are needed between countries of origin and destination to maximize benefits and minimize […]

FEATURE:

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A March 28, 2006 report by Ghana’s Independent newspaper had President J. A. Kufuor curiously indicating his feverish intention of pushing for the revision of the country’s democratic Constitution in order to extend the current […]

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