Tomorrow we will have our regularly scheduled current events quiz, and then go back to our Chapter 18, Section 3 notes (most classes only have three or four slides to finish.) If time allows, we will have an open-notes 10-point quiz on Section 3; if we run out of time we will take the quiz on Tuesday and then move on to talk about the conflict in Southeast Asia (the Vietnam War).
Here are some links for you to check out for tomorrow's quiz!
- This city won the bid to host the 2016 Olympics. Where will the next Olympics take place (in 2012)?
- Iran agrees to let the U.N. inspect the controversial uranium enrichment site on October 25th.
- A typhoon whips through the already storm-battered Philippean Islands.
- Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood is calling this act while driving a "national epidemic".
- Binge-drinking is becoming a problem in Rome, Italy. To what do they attribute this recent change in culture?
October 4th, 2009
ReplyDeleteAnnan arrives in Kenya to kick-start government reform
Posted: 03:36 PM ET
By David McKenzie
CNN
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) — Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew into Kenya Sunday for three days of meetings aimed at kick-starting the reform process of a coalition government, believed by most observers to be stalled.
“I have been following events in Kenya very closely, and clearly, the Kenyan people are expecting more from the coalition government,” Annan said upon his arrival. “More unity of purpose, more progress on the reform agenda, more concrete action to end impunity and combat corruption. These sentiments are understandable, and I will be urging the coalition government to listen to the voices of the people and do more to push forward the essential reforms.”
Annan was the lead mediator in a political settlement that ended brutal post-election violence stemming from a disputed December 2007 poll. More than 1,000 were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced.
The settlement resulted in an unwieldy coalition government between President Mwai Kibaki and now-Prime Minister Raila Odinga and their parties. Key to the agreement was a series of reforms including constitutional reforms, police reforms and prosecution of those responsible for the post-poll chaos.
But most observers, particularly Western governments, have been disappointed in the pace of reform. Recently the U.S. and Canadian governments threatened to take action against those leaders who they see as working against reform. Last week, Kenya criticized the United States for sending letters of 15 prominent government officials threatening action if they do not help with the reform process.
Annan said that he plans to meet with the prime minister and president. “Far-reaching reforms such as the ones agreed on during the National Dialogue negotiations last year will necessarily take some time, and a lot of hard work, not only on the part of the government but on the part of all Kenyans,” he said. “And yet, with a sense of urgency and national spirit, it can be done and done in a reasonable time.”
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