Vol 48 No 20 | UNITED NATIONS Debuts on First Avenue 5th October 2007 A new guard at the UN takes over but Africa’s concerns remain peacekeeping, fairer trade and development funding This year's opening of the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September looked at times like a diplomatic apprenticeship. Freshly-installed Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was pitted against new...
Vol 48 No 20 | UNITED NATIONS Ban Ki-moon's people 5th October 2007 From the start of his tenure on 1 January, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was determined to make radical changes, install his own people and stamp his...
Vol 48 No 20 | NIGERIAUNITED NATIONS A Katsina man in New York 5th October 2007 Nigeria's President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's maiden voyage to New York to speak at the United Nations General Assembly was choreographed by an improbable band of bankers, publishers, itinerant...