See also: UN peacekeeping
Africa a priority for new UN head — April 2007
UN-NADAF: A 'disappointing'
decade for Africa — September
2002
Press Kit. Final Review of
UN-NADAF — September 2002
General Assembly debates progress on UN
New Agenda — November 1998
Governance reforms gather pace — August 1998
*Special Feature* Two-year
review of UNSIA — March 1998
What is the UN System-wide Special Initiative
on Africa?
UN Special Initiative tackles Africa's
challenges with renewed momentum
Interviews: [K.Y. Amoako] [James Gustave Speth] [Callisto
Madavo]
Special Initiative: highlights of progress
Focus on priorities:
Education: Boosting basic education
in Africa
[Box 1: World Bank see benefits from partnership
on education]
[Box 2: Girls' education — a priority]
[Box 3: Mozambique plans to have every
child in school by 2006]
Enrolment to rise in the Sahel
Governance: Making good governance
a reality
[Box 1: Civil society empowerment plays
a critical role]
[Box 2: Peace-building through communications]
Health: Target: a stronger health
sector
[Box 1: With few funds, WHO combats African
maladies]
Children: Helping to save the lives
of children
Population: People: the agents of
development
Information Technology: Africa connects
to the Internet
For an African 'information society'
[Box 1: Telecommunications infrastructure a key]
Improving Africa's water supply — October 1997
[Strengthening water basin management in the Zambezi]
[FAO promotes African food security]
Good governance key to progress — July 1997
Special Initiative promotes civil society
links to governance — July 1997
[Box 1: Consensus Statement on governance in Africa]
Pro-poor policies, external support needed to combat poverty — July 1997