World Chronicle 924: Jacques Paul Klein, UN Special Representative in Liberia

Abderrahim Foukara interviews Jacques Paul Klein, United Nations Special Representative in Liberia and head of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), for World Chronicle program 924.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:01
• Production Date: 14 January 2004
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ABDERRAHIM FOUKARA; BETSY PISIK; JACQUES PAUL KLEIN
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN LIBERIA - UNMIL
• Subject Topical: AFRICAN RECOVERY; CHILD SOLDIERS; CONFLICT SITUATION; PEACE; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; POLITICAL AFFAIRS
• Geographic Subject: AFRICA; LIBERIA
• MAMS Id: 2121884
• Parent Id: 828114

Description

Liberia: Can it emerge from the ashes?

After more than a decade of civil war, the West African nation of Liberia ranks among the world’s poorest and most dysfunctional: a place where the average life expectancy today (41 years) is lower than it was in 1975.

Can the new UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia finally bring a peace dividend to the long-suffering people of that country? How will its rebel armies, including thousands of child soldiers, be armed, healed, and reintegrated into society? Will ousted strongman Charles Taylor undermine the efforts to create a new political culture?

These are just some of the questions explored in this edition of World Chronicle, feature Jacques Paul Klein, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Liberia.

• Scripts: File; 924.pdf (40.37 KB)