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Archive of November 2005 Reports

Consultative Group Meeting For Sierra Leone Opens In London

The Consultative Group Meeting For Sierra Leone, co-chaired by the UNDP and World Bank opened on Tuesday 29th November 2005 at the Meridian Hotel, London, United Kingdom.
The Two-day meeting is being attended by twenty-five of Sierra Leone's development partners including members of the civil society, who were welcomed by the United Kingdom Secretary of State for International Development, Hilary Benn at the opening ceremony. The meeting will focus on Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper framework with three key themes: Food Security, Youth employment and Governance.
The President of the Republic of Sierra Leone Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah officially opened the meeting.
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(29th November 2005)
COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING IN MALTA

The President, Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, left Freetown on Thursday 24th November 2005 to attend the 2005 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Valletta, Malta.
The meeting which is being attended by fifty-two Heads of State and Government from four continents of the world and Her Majesty the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II, and traditional Head of the Commonwealth, started with a flambouyant opening ceremony at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta on Friday, 25th November, 2005.
The host Prime Minister, Dr. Lawrence Gonzi in his statement at the opening ceremony stressed that underdevelopment appears to be unrelenting and poverty resists eradication. Differences in life expectancy, he said, remains too wide to be just, and too many people are forced by various pressures to migrate from their homelands. "In such a context, it might seem that the new communication technologies will serve not to emancipate and connect people, but to divide, more radically than ever the poor from the better off".

(26th November 2005)
PROFESSOR JOKO-SMART HEADS ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION

Prof Joko-Smart taking oath
A new Commissioner, Henry Mathew Joko-Smart, has been appointed to head the Anti-Corruption Commission.
While congratulating Mr. Joko-Smart on his new appointment after taking the oath of office, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah gave a brief background to the setting up of the Commission. The President stated that after his assumption of office as President in 1996 he saw the need to address the issue of corruption in the country as he had envisaged problems in the reconstruction process after the war and especially with the then prevailing circumstances in the country where corruption was rampant. He therefore approached the British government for assistance in that area. The British government, he said, was kind enough to provide a consultant to help in the setting up of the Commission.

(21st November 2005)
Conference Of Commonwealth Education Ministers Opens In Freetown

His Excellency the President, Alhaji Dr Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, on Sunday 13th November 2005 launched the 15th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers' (CCEM) Mid-Term Review for Africa/Europe region open at the Miata Conference Centre at Brookfields, Freetown.
In his keynote address while launching the conference, President Kabbah said "It is with profound pleasure and honour that I welcome you to Sier1ra Leone. Sierra Leone became a member of the Commonwealth family of nations in 1961, when we attained independence. Since then, we have endeavoured to maintain and uphold the core values and principles for which the Commonwealth stands. These include democracy, the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, the rule and supremacy of the law and open and accountable government. In addition we have embarked on the task of poverty-reduction and promoting gender equality in all spheres of life".
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(14th November 2005)
COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TO PROBE NEWMAN-SMART'S DEATH

About a year ago Ms. Gloria Newman-Smart (now deceased) became the first woman to be appointed Principal Immigration Officer of the country's Immigration Department.
Her appointment came about as a result of President Kabbah's tireless efforts to bring sanity into Sierra Leone's Public Service. The Immigration Department was identified as one the public institutions that was plagued with corruption.
In a very short period of Ms. Newman-Smart's leadership, she began to make strides unmatched by any of her predecessors. This situation unfortunately was not allowed to yield more benefits for Sierra Leoneans as Ms. Newman-Smart was allegedly accused of bribery and corruption and was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission. She was detained in police custody and the circumstances eventually led to her death.

(8th November 2005)
President Kabbah's Eid Message

I greet you in the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. In this message on the occasion of Ramadan and the celebration of Eid, I should like us to briefly reflect on three related things:
First, I would like us to reflect on the assurance of Allah's redeeming grace and its meaning for all who believe in the Almighty. In our celebration we also have the opportunity to acknowledge the Koranic message that for Allah's grace and mercy, His compassion and forgiveness "we would have been sternly punished for all of our offences". But for Allah's grace, mercy and love, "none of us would have been cleansed of sin". And of course but for Allah's grace none of us would have been here to observe this year's holy month of Ramadan with millions of others throughout the world.
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(3rd November 2005)
President Kabbah Returns From African Union Summit

His Excellency the President, Alhaji Dr Ahmad Tejan Kabbah and his delegation returned today after attending a one day Extra Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Monday, 31st October, 2005.
It would be recalled that President Kabbah had been elected to serve as Coordinator of a ten-member Committee of the Heads of State of the five Sub-regions of the Continent whose task has been to find a common African position on the reform of the UN and the Security Council.

(1st November 2005)
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