United Nations Calls in African
Leaders for Talks On DRC
Capitalizing on recent "positive developments"
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations Secretary-General
Kofi Annan has called for tomorrow a high-level meeting on the war-torn
country.
The meeting is being convened to build on the recent positive developments
in and around the DRC, including the establishment of a Government
of National Unity and Transition, with the aim of turning a new page
in relations among regional neighbours, according to a background
note issued by a spokesman for the Secretary-General.
The meeting at UN Headquarters in New York, being held on the sidelines
of the General Assembly's annual high-level debate, is expected to
include the Presidents of Burundi, the DRC and Mozambique, the Prime
Minister of Rwanda, the Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda and the Foreign
Ministers of Angola, South Africa and Tanzania.
The discussions will focus on "reestablishment of good neighbourly
relations and resumption of bilateral arrangements between the States
of the Great Lakes Region," according to the note.
