The News Review:

- Sir John Paul
- World’s poor more vulnerable now than ever
- I Chose to Serve in Nigeria — Campbell

Sir John Paul
Telegraph.co.uk – Jul 4, 2004
After a spell on secondment, in 1945, as ADC and private secretary to the Governor of Sierra Leone, Paul was called to the Bar by Inner Temple in 1947 – and that year joined the Colonial Administrative Service as a cadet in Sierra Leone. Five years later, he reached the rank of District Commissioner. Remaining in Sierra Leone, Paul was subsequently promoted to Permanent Secretary (1956), Provincial Commissioner (1959) and finally Secretary to the Cabinet (1960). His appointment to succeed Sir Edward Windley as Governor of the Gambia, Britain’s last, and oldest, West African colony, was approved by the Queen in December 1961. When the Gambia became independent after 300 years of British rule in February 1965, 35 chiefs welcomed the Duke and Duchess of Kent, accompanied by Paul, to an eve-of-independence gathering near Bathurst. The Union Jack that came down on the old regime ended up in the Pauls’ cottage in Hampshire – where it was later hung out of a window to celebrate Paul’s daughters’ success in their A-levels. After remaining in the Gambia for a further year as Governor-General, Paul was appointed Governor of British Honduras, Britain’s last colony in South America, where he was installed in July 1966.

World’s poor more vulnerable now than ever
Pakistan Dawn – Jul 4, 2004
Meanwhile, in a new report released here, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says that special provisions should be made for those LDCs that are in conflict situations or are emerging from one. The study says that 80 per cent of the world’s 20 poorest countries have suffered a major civil war in the past 15 years. These countries include Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Haiti, Liberia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Somalia – all of them LDCs. -Dawn\ The InterPress News Service. com Banner Code ————– –>. floor(99999999 * Math.

I Chose to Serve in Nigeria — Campbell
This Day – This Day (subscription) – Jul 4, 2004
“When you put all these together, we are talking about an interesting country. Ambassador Campbell also spoke on sundry other issues. For instance, he said the US government has begun negotiations with the Nigerian government on how to ensure the arrest and subsequent repatriation for trial, at the International Criminal Court in Sierra Leone, of former Liberian president, Mr. Although Campbell would not go into the details of what he described as “negotiations between two friendly states and two friendly governments” he, however, said the ultimate goal is to ensure Taylor accounts for his past misdeeds. According to the Ambassador, “Taylor must be held accountable for what he did and because of that we believe he must be answerable to the International Criminal Court in Sierra Leone” where he has already been indicted for war crimes. Ambassador Campbell who said the position of the United States on Taylor has nothing to do with the on-going suits against the former Liberian warlord in local courts, however, commended the role of Nigeria in resolving the crisis in Liberia.