UN Security Council holds extra session on Sudan's peace talks
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan (Front) addresses UN Security Council during a two-day extraordinary session in Kenya's capital Nairobi on Nov. 18, 2004. The session opened on Thursday will focus on pushing Sudan's north-south peace negotiations to a conclusion and stopping a separate bloody conflict in the western Darfur region. The UN Security Council has only met outside its headquarters in New York, on three previous occasions. The last time was 14 years ago.
Chinese Permanent Representative to the United Nations Wang Guangya (2nd L front) attends a two-day extraordinary session of UN Security Council in Kenya's capital Nairobi on Nov. 18, 2004.
John Garang (L1 Front), leader of Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army, talks with other representatives during a break in a two-day extraordinary session of UN Security Council in Kenya's capital Nairobi on Nov. 18, 2004.
Sudanese First Vice President Ali Osman Taha (R2 Front) shakes hands with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki during a two-day extraordinary session of UN Security Council in Kenya's capital Nairobi on Nov. 18, 2004.
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