World Chronicle 928: William Lacy Swing, MONUC

Tony Jenkins interviews William Lacy Swing, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the head of the UN Observer Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), for World Chronicle program 928.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:02
• Production Date: 10 February 2004
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: BILL REILLY; PHILIPPE BOLOPION; TONY JENKINS; WILLIAM LACY SWING
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS OBSERVER MISSSION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - MONUC
• Subject Topical: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; PEACE; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
• MAMS Id: 2191753
• Parent Id: 827321

Description

"Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo"

The word 'Congo' at the United Nations brings to mind two things: one is a messy UN peacekeeping operation in the early 1960s; the second is a massive, recent conflict - some have called it "World War Three" - in which millions of people lost their lives. The brushfire of war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has now been extinguished, but it's ashes are still smoldering, especially in the eastern Ituri region.
Can the UN bring peace to Africa's troubled heartland? Will the DRC's natural resources prove to be an asset or an obstacle to fostering peace? Will the country be ready for elections before the end of 2005? These are some of the questions addressed by the guest on this edition of World Chronicle: William Lacy Swing, the head of the UN's peacekeeping mission in the DR Congo (MONUC).

• Scripts: File; 928.pdf (48.17 KB)