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Ibrahim Gambari

Angola: UN envoy stresses patience, commitment as peace commission begins talks

26 September 2002
As the parties in Angola convened to begin talks on the terms for implementing the peace plan, the United Nations envoy to the country today stressed patience, persistence and a commitment to national reconciliation.

Team completes assessment of UN's future role in Angola

19 June 2002
Senior United Nations officials have completed a multi-agency assessment mission to Angola in an effort to clarify the UN's future role in the country.

Humanitarian assistance tops agenda of UN envoy's discussions in Angola

12 June 2002
The search for new ways to provide increased humanitarian assistance to Angolans in need dominated discussions today between the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Africa, Ibrahim Gambari, and senior Angolan government officials, according to a United Nations spokesman.

Annan's envoy travels to Angola to assess UN's efforts in support of peace process

11 June 2002
Amid changing circumstances in war-ravaged Angola, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Africa is in that country assessing how the world body can better support its peace process.

Peace in Angola holds, but humanitarian situation poses risks - UN envoy

21 May 2002
A top United Nations envoy for Africa today said that the prospect of a return to war in Angola was almost zero, but warned that the humanitarian situation was serious and potentially destabilizing.

Peace prospects in Angola 'brighter' than ever before, UN envoy tells Security Council

23 April 2002
Prospects for lasting peace in Angola were brighter now than during the previous peace agreements aimed at ending the country's decades-long conflict, a top United Nations envoy on Africa told the Security Council today.
Ibrahim Gambari (right) & General Paulo Lukamba

Angola: UN envoy holds talks on recent ceasefire agreement with UNITA

11 April 2002
A top United Nations envoy for Africa today met with a delegation from the rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) for talks on the recent ceasefire agreement with the Government, including a discussion on the lifting of UN sanctions, which include a travel ban on the group's leaders.

UN envoy meets with Angolan President to discuss proposed peace plan

8 April 2002
The United Nations top envoy for Africa today met with the President of Angola to discuss the recent ceasefire between the Government and the rebel group UNITA, as well as details of Luanda's peace plan released last month.

Angola: UN envoy commends country for choosing peace over 'path of death'

4 April 2002
As Angola's Government and the UNITA rebel group signed a ceasefire agreement today, a top United Nations envoy commended them for choosing to abandon "the path of death" and to explore instead the avenues of peace and reconciliation.