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UN envoy discusses power-sharing agreement on DR of Congo

The Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC) would accept, with certain conditions, a new power-sharing agreement for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Secretary General’s Special Envoy to the country said today in Pretoria, South Africa, where he is holding informal consultations with various DRC parties on an acceptable transitional arrangement.

DPI to improve performance under new outreach push, official says

Translating information on the work of the United Nations into more languages and disseminating materials more efficiently through new structures are among the new initiatives to enhance the Organization’s outreach announced today by Shashi Tharoor, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information.