1542 International Maritime Organization 103 International Year for People of African Descent *655 Liberia *191–206 human rights 754–755 Madagascar *310–311 Mauritania 232 Mauritius–United Kingdom/France 311 New Partnership for Africa’s Development 103, *112 North Africa *304–310 Western Sahara *304–310 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 752 Office of the Special Adviser on Africa 112 Office of the Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral for West Africa 168–170 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 756 political and security questions *100–311 programme and organizational questions 974 promotion of peace in *103–116 African Union *103–106, *109–112 African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur *105 Democratic Republic of the Congo *110, 111 HIV/AIDS *108, *114 International Maritime Organization 103 least developed country *112 New Partnership for Africa’s Development 103, *112 United Nations Mission in Liberia 111, *112 United Nations Mission in the Sudan *105 regional issues, West Africa *166–170 Rwanda *165–166 Sierra Leone *206–215 human rights 755–756 Somalia *270–297 human rights 756–757 special economic assistance *899–904 Sudan *232–268 Chad–Sudan *268–270 human rights 757–758 Uganda *163–165 United Nations Mission in Liberia 111, *112 United Nations Mission in the Sudan *105 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime *116 West Africa *166–232 Cameroon–Nigeria 226–228 Côte d’Ivoire *170–191 Guinea *228–231 Guinea-Bissau *215–226 Liberia *191–206 Mauritania 232 regional issues *166–170 Sierra Leone *206–215 Western Sahara *304–310 World Trade Organization 969 see also African Union; disarmament; Economic Commission for Africa; Economic Community of West African States; human rights; humanitarian assistance; West Africa; specific country names African Union (AU) Burundi *137–140 Central African Republic 148 Chad–Sudan *269
Yearbook of the United Nations, 2009 Democratic Republic of the Congo 124 Eritrea–Ethiopia *303 Great Lakes region 117 Guinea *228–231 Guinea-Bissau *218–219, 224 Haiti *322, *324, 326 Horn of Africa 297, *299, *302 human rights 756–758 humanitarian and special economic assistance *899 International Criminal Court 1300 international drug control 1243 operational activities for development 866 peacekeeping operations 72, 77, 100 promotion and maintenance of international peace and security *39 promotion of peace in Africa *103–106, *109–112 refugees and displaced persons *1207 regional economic and social activities *968–971, 973–974 Somalia *277, *279–281, 283–284, 286, *293 special economic assistance *900 Sudan 250–253, *255, 259, 261–262, 265, *268 UN Environment Programme 1007 West Africa *167, 169–170, 232 Western Sahara *310 African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) *79, 82, 102 human rights 757–758 political and security questions *155, *235, 243, 246, *249–260, 262, *264, *266, *268 promotion of peace in Africa *105 AGEING PERSONS economic and social questions *1188–1190 Second World Assembly on Ageing (2002), follow-up to the *1188–1190 agendas of United Nations principal organs in 2009 1523 AGRICULTURE aid see humanitarian assistance International Maritime Organization 1231 Joint Inspection Unit 1231 see also nutrition AIDS see HIV/AIDS AMERICAN SAMOA *594–595 AMERICAS Bolivia, human rights 758–759 Central America *312–318 Guatemala *312–314 Honduras *314–318 Colombia *329 human rights 759–760 cooperation between the UN and regional organizations *331 Cuba–El Salvador *329–330 Cuba–United States *330–331 El Salvador–Cuba *329–330 Guatemala *312–314 human rights 760 Haiti *318–329 human rights 761 MINUSTAH *326–329 political and security situation *318–325 programme of support for Haiti *325–326