UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Tuesday welcomed a promise from US Ambassador to the UN Richard Holbrooke that the UN Security Council would hold no less than three special sessions on Africa in January, during which Washington will hold the revolving presidency. "If Africans think the world has forgotten them, they should take heart," Annan said.
Holbrooke announced in South Africa last week that the US would "make Africa the priority of the month" at the Security Council in January, with one session on the DRC, one on Angola and possibly two others on subjects to be announced. The meetings have been scheduled "to focus the UN and, we
hope, the world - or at least that part of the world that listens - to the problems and the importance of this continent," Holbrooke said.
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