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	THISDAYonline
		Emeka Anyaoku was one of the 60 pioneering set who virtually built the school from scratch.
		Emeka Anyaoku, on graduation from Ibadan was recruited as executive assistant to the regional controller of Commonwealth Development Corporation, a position which he hotly contested with other bright graduates from the University of Ibadan.
		Emeka Anyaoku, forthrightly, without equivocation told the Prime Minister that the only department he could work for was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
	www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2004/02/03/20040203art01.html (1917 words)

	Chief Emeka Anyaoku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Chief Emeka Anyaoku (l) and wife, Bunmi at the launch of his autobiography, "The Inside Story of the Modern Commonwealth" at the Nicon Hilton Hotel, Abuja on Tuesday, January 20, 2004.
		Emeka Anyaoku's book, he said, was a memoir of his 34 years in the Commonwealth spread over twelve chapters.
		The University of London has formally launched a chair in the name of Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth The impressive ceremony, which was held on Wednesday, December 4, at Marlborough House, London, was attended by Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, Chancellor of the University, as well as Commonwealth High Commissioners, among others.
	www.getsetup.net /leadershipfortoday/cea.htm (6516 words)

	THISDAYonline
		Former Commonwealth scribe, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, was recently honoured with a chair of the University of London.
		Elated Anyaoku at the formal launch and fund raising of the chair was full of thanks to all involved in the organisation of the events.
		Anyaoku pointed out that there is a need for the various components of this country to discuss and arrive at a consensus on how best the country should be structured.
	www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2001/03/11/20010311pol04.html (1875 words)

	Secretary-General's Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Emeka Anyaoku became the third Commonwealth Secretary-General in July 1990, at a time when East-West and North-South relationships were undergoing fundamental change.
		During Chief Anyaoku's stewardship, apartheid was peacefully replaced by non-racial democracy through a process which brought South Africa a degree of unity and reconciliation which the world found near miraculous.
		Emeka Anyaoku was made a Commander of the Order of the Niger (C.O.N.) by the Nigerian Government in 1982.
	www.chogm99.org /who/secgenbi.htm (1828 words)

	The EastAfrican
		It is a measure of the esteem in which the departing Commonwealth Secretary General Chief Emeka Anyaoku is held that former South African President Nelson Mandela asked to write the foreword to the new book on him launched this month to mark his tenth year in office.
		Chief Anyaoku, one of the key people involved in helping to end apartheid in South Africa, is praised by Mr Mandela as one of those few "whose enduring strength is his ability to win the trust of different people at different times and in different places.
		The book also celebrates Chief Anyaoku for being a "son of Africa", the first African Secretary General of the Commonwealth and a man who was honoured by his own people by being made a chief years ahead of when a person is normally supposed to be given this office.
	www.nationaudio.com /News/EastAfrican/10042000/Features/Magazine1.html (567 words)

	Another hit- from Guyana: Land of Six Peoples
		The surprise announcement by visiting Commonweath Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku that he had managed to wrest an agreement from the PPP/Civic and the PNC on reviving political dialogue is most welcome news.
		The Anyaoku intervention could well end up in the category of the highly-vaunted, stop-start mechanisms which the Herdmanston Accord and the St Lucia Statement must be classified as.
		Anyaoku's statement dealt with this and said that both parties "agreed for the future to avoid behaviour and language that is capable of undermining the constructive nature of the dialogue".
	www.landofsixpeoples.com /news/ns90510.htm (950 words)

	News -- How Ben Obi's travails shocked Blair's wife, by Anyaoku
		Former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku's accounts of events that occurred during Obi's 19-month legal battle was more insightful, because it reflected the ripples created by the saga outside the country's shores.
		Anyaoku told the audience at a dinner in Abuja to honour Senator Obi by his friends that the wife of British Prime Minister, Mrs.
		Anyaoku told the audience that he answered in the affirmative.
	odili.net /news/source/2005/mar/17/23.html (652 words)

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		The Report, Chief Anyaoku's last as Commonwealth Secretary-General, was an appropriate place, he said, in which to take stock of his past 10 years in office and offer reflections on the way forward.
		Chief Anyaoku recalled that the beginning of his Secretary-Generalship in 1990 coincided with an historic conjuncture in world politics as a result of which nothing would again by the same.
		Returning to his main theme, Chief Anyaoku stressed that if Harare had been about kitting out the Commonwealth for the challenges of the 1990s, "Durban is about focusing it on the tasks for the 21st century, especially the challenge of globalisation.
	home.btconnect.com /cda-uk/news992/cda99206.htm (1864 words)

	COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY GENERAL CALLS FOR REINFORCED COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO {29 May 1997}
		Chief Emeka Anyaoku, whose organisation of 53 English-speaking nations from the five continents has been linked to UNESCO by a protocol agreement since 1980, praised the continued co-operation between the two international bodies.
		Chief Emeka Anyaoku also denounced "the wastefulness and debilitating effects of unemployment, subsistence labour, slave labour and other forms of labour exploitation" which "continue to haunt us" when growth in wealth creation is being sustained at fairly exponential rates.
		Chief Emeka Anyaoku went on to name several areas of collaboration, and projects for future co-operation, in all forms of education, notably to help universities which, he said, "are in some state of crisis" everywhere.
	www.unesco.org /bpi/eng/unescopress/97-82e.htm (514 words)

	BBC News \| Africa \| Commonwealth supports ceasefire
		The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, says he has met representatives of the rebels in Sierra Leone and encouraged them to support the ceasefire.
		Mr Anyaoku also called for international pressure to be put on Liberia to cease supporting the rebels.
		Asked whether the rebels should play a role in the government of Sierra Leone in terms of a possible peace settlement, Mr Anyaoku said "that is a matter for the democratically elected government of Sierra Leone to decide".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/251044.stm (254 words)

	BNW : Biafra Nigeria World Message Board: the Voice of a New Generation: Emeka Anyaoku Wants National Confab On Niger ...
		Former Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has restated the call for a national conference on the festering issues threatening the political stability of BiafraNigeria, in spite of ongoing moves to review the 1999 Constitution.
		"Anyaoku said though he was aware that both the executive and the legislative arms of government had put in place mechanisms for reviewing the 1999 Constitution both processes should be allowed to end in a national conference to be appropriately constituted by representatives of all major sections and groups" in BiafraNigeria.
		Anyaoku needs to go and find out how he can help Chief Uwazuruike and MASSOB, instead of wasting his time trying to organize a confab to disrupt people who are moving on with their own agenda.
	messageboard.biafranigeriaworld.com /ultimatebb.cgi/ubb/get_topic/f/1/t/000015/p/1.html (597 words)

	i-Newswire.com - Press Release And News Distribution - SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PANEL URGES GREATER, MORE CONSISTENT ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Emeka Anyaoku of Nigeria, the Chair of a special advisory panel on international support for Africa, today submitted the panel’s recommendations to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
		Not only do developed countries need to increase their support in such diverse areas as aid, debt relief, market access and capital flows, argues the panel, they also must ensure that such backing is coordinated and that progress in one area is not counteracted by shortfalls in another.
		Success, Chief Anyaoku adds, cannot be measured by the number of consultations, meetings and plans alone, but by concrete outcomes.
	i-newswire.com /pr23723.html (1059 words)

	Vanguard - World : Nigeria deserves U.N. Security Council seat — Anyaoku
		Former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, said in Lagos at the weekend that Nigeria had met convincingly all the main criteria being considered for membership of the Security-Council to which an expansion is being intended to bring in new members, as part of a planned reform.
		Anyaoku noted that in terms of international peace-keeping operations, "Nigeria is second only to India, in terms of the troops she has sent abroad on United Nations peace and observer missions since her independence.
		But Anyaoku hinted at the fact that Nigeria would seem to have accepted the be a member of an expanded Security Council without the veto power, possibly after some consultations with the authorities in London and New York
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/world/w108082005.html (351 words)

	Nigeria At A Crossroads, Says Anyaoku
		Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku, took a critical look at the state of the nation on Thursday and said Nigeria is at a crossroads again.
		Anyaoku explained that, "the three previous occasions when the country was at the crossroads were in 1966, the year of the two seminal coups and their aftermath that ended in the Civil War.
		Nor should the INEC chairman who has been consistent in affirming his determination to conduct free and fair elections allow himself to be affected by the comments of those who fear that they may not realise their electoral ambitions," he warned.
	www.independentngonline.com /news/44/ARTICLE/9728/2006-08-25.html (692 words)

	cda00109
		In the evening, the Commonwealth Secretary-General and Mrs Anyaoku hosted a very enjoyable Reception (his last as Commonwealth Secretary-General) at Marlborough House, which was attended by the Queen and the Prince of Wales, the United Nations Secretary-General and Mrs Kofi Annan, and other dignitaries.
		Chief Anyaoku expressed his delight at the appointment and said “I am delighted to receive such a high honour from the Head of the Commonwealth, who has continued to render invaluable service to our association of 54 member countries”.
		In a moving vote of thanks it was announced that Chief Anyaoku is to become the new President of the Royal Commonwealth Society.
	home.btconnect.com /cda-uk/news001/cda00109.htm (953 words)

	Emeka Anyaoku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chief Emeka Anyaoku (born January 18, 1933) was the third Commonwealth Secretary-General.
		Born in Obosi, Nigeria, he attended the University College of Ibadan, then a college of the University of London and from which he obtained an honours degree in Classics.
		Aside from his international career, Chief Anyaoku continues to fulfil the duties of his office as Ichie Adazie of Obosi, a traditional Ndichie chieftainship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emeka_Anyaoku (339 words)

	The NEWS - News
		Anyaoku was also closely involved in the establishment in New York of a joint office for small Commonwealth countries who became enabled to be represented at the United Nations.
		Aside from his sterling diplomatic career, Anyaoku is also close to President Olusegun Obasanjo, with whom he is related by marriage.
		In 1983, Anyaoku was invited by the civilian regime of Alhaji Shehu Shagari to become the Minister of External Affairs.
	www.thenewsng.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=1134 (2286 words)

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		Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Vice Chairman of the South Centre Board met with South Centre member states on 14 November, 2003.
		Chief Anyaoku informed the representatives that 44 candidates had submitted their application for the post of the Executive Director of the Centre, and that the applications will be reviewed by a sub-committee created for this purpose by the Board.
		While noting a significant improvement in securing financial support for projects, he stated that the inflow of funds for operating costs was inadequate.
	www.southcentre.org /info/southbulletin/bulletin69/bulletin69-10.htm (408 words)

	Slippery Myths and the Nigerian Crisis
		Facts: By an act of serendipity, two sons of Africa, Kofi Annan and Emeka Anyaoku, who are eminent international bureaucrats, now serve as the Secretary-General of the UNO and the Commonwealth, respectively.
		After all, Anyaoku had issued a de facto endorsement of Sani Abacha's candidacy when he stated in South Africa a year ago, contrary to the supposed canon of the neutrality of his office, that Abacha was free to run in the election!
		Of course, Anyaoku must have forgotten to mention his own earlier de-facto endorsement of Sani Abacha's candidacy in a process that even Abubakar has now confessed to be flagrantly manipulated.
	www.exodusnews.com /worldnews/world007.htm (2783 words)

	100 Great Black Britons - Chief Emeka Anyaoku
		He has been actively involved in such thorny issues as the Gibraltar referendum of 1967, the Nigerian civil war of 1967-70, the St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla constitutional crisis of 1969-70, the problems following Commonwealth Games boycotts during the 1980s and the process leading to peace and democracy in Zimbabwe, Namibia and, in particular, South Africa.
		Eleazar Chukwuemeka (Emeka) Anyaoku was born on 18 January 1933 in Obosi, Nigeria.
		Following Nigeria's independence, he was invited to join his country's diplomatic service and, in 1963, was posted to Nigeria's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.
	www.100greatblackbritons.com /bios/chief_emeka_anyaoku.html (345 words)

	COMMONWEALTH LEADER IN CYPRUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Beginning of September Commonwealth Secretary-General Chief Emeka Anyaoku held an official visit to Cyprus where he had meetings with high-level government officials to discuss the agenda of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be held in October in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
		While in Cyprus, Chief Anyaoku met with the President of the Republic Glafcos Clerides, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides and the President of the House of Representatives Spyros Kyprianou and discussed with them the current developments on the Cyprus problem.
		Anyaoku said that he had with the President extremely useful discussions on the Cyprus problem as well as on the agenda for the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
	kypros.org /UN/bul-0997.htm (1015 words)

	Guy Interviews
		When His Excellency Chief Emeka Anyaoku speaks it becomes obvious that this is a man with a long path behind him and a deep vision before him.
		H.E. Chief Emeka Anyaoku: It was one of the miracles of the 20th century.
		Chief Anyaoku was elected Commonwealth Secretary-General in 1989.
	peaceguy.8m.com /photo2.html (15667 words)

	Moving ‘from rhetoric to action’
		But his panel not only urges the various actors to move “from rhetoric to action” — as the report is entitled; it also places a greater emphasis on the quality of the aid that is given.
		Success, Chief Anyaoku adds, cannot be measured solely by the number of consultations, meetings and plans, but also by concrete outcomes.
		In addition to its chair, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, who is a former secretary-general of the Commonwealth, it includes 12 other prominent African and international figures.
	www.un.org /ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol19no2/192_pg18.htm (1157 words)

	CNN - Centrist party leads balloting in Nigeria - December 7, 1998
		The Commonwealth, which suspended Nigeria after Abacha ordered the execution of author Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other minority rights activists in 1995, said it was satisfied with the conduct of the vote and delighted at public enthusiasm.
		The association of Britain and its former colonies is now led by a Nigerian, Secretary-General Emeka Anyaoku.
		Anyaoku said the results "bode well" for next year's balloting.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/africa/9812/07/nigeria.elex.02/index.html (471 words)

	WWF Arctic Programme - Welcome
		Secretary-General of the Commonwealth for two consecutive terms from 1990 to 2000, Chief Anyaoku, a Nigerian national, was elected President of the Board of Trustees of WWF International at its 2001 Annual Conference being held in Miami, Florida (1).
		Chief Anyaoku has also been a member of the International Board of the United World Colleges, and the Governing Council for the Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the Malaysian Commonwealth Studies Centre at Cambridge and the World Commission on Forestry.
		Chief Anyaoku was awarded Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) by the elected President of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Shagari in 1982.
	www.ngo.grida.no /wwfap/core/newsroom/stories_1101/new_president.html (361 words)

	..:: Best of Nigeria Expo ::.. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Chief Emeka Anyaoku, attended University College, Ibadan Nigeria, as a college scholar and obtained an honours degree in classics from the University of London.
		In 1989, at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Chief Anyaoku was elected Commonwealth Secretary-General.
		Chief Anyaoku has spearheaded Commonwealth contributions to international cooperation on major global issues, and in this context has established close links of cooperation with the United Nations and other international organizations.
	www.bestofnigeria.co.uk /whoiswho/emeka-anyaoku.htm (428 words)

	CNN - Commonwealth head meets Sierra Leone rebels on cease-fire - January 8, 1999
		Chief Emeka Anyaoku met rebel representatives Thursday in Nigeria but in a BBC radio interview Friday did not provide details.
		Anyaoku said the Commonwealth also continued to support the Sierra Leone government of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah.
		The cease-fire was announced Thursday by Kabbah in a live radio broadcast while rebel chief Foday Sankoh -- on death row since October on a treason conviction -- issued his orders in a recorded message immediately afterwards on the same broadcast.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/africa/9901/08/sierra.leone.01/index.html (560 words)

	BBC News \| Africa \| Commonwealth expresses hopes for Nigeria
		The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku, has arrived in Nigeria expressing optimism about the prospects for normalising relations.
		And Mr Anyaoku said he would use his visit to encourage Nigeria's military government to make progress towards democracy and to respect human rights.
		Chief Anyaoku is the second high-level international visitor to talk to the military government in the last few days, signalling the start of Nigeria's re-integration into the international community.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/122022.stm (337 words)

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