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  Human rights activists visit detained alleged coup plotters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Halidou Ouedraogo, MBDHP president, said the activists were able to talk to the detainees individually for two hours.
Ouedraogo however said the detainees complained about the quality of the food and had not been able to see their families since their arrest last month.
On Thursday the Burkina Minister of Foreign Affairs, Youssouf Ouedraogo, met diplomats accredited to the country to brief them over the foiled coup attempt.
www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=37628   (583 words)

  
 Text: Burkina Faso's Ouedraogo Addresses U.S.-Africa Ministerial
WASHINGTON -- Africa is a continent "in transition, confident of its capabilities and chances of success," Burkina Faso's minister of foreign affairs, Youssouf Ouedraogo, told participants at the "U.S.-Africa Ministerial: Partnership for the 2lst Century" here on March 16.
In concluding, Ouedraogo pointed to the phenomenon of globalization, which "gives other continent-wide scourges a dimension that deserves greater attention from the international community.
Statement by His Excellency Youssouf Ouedraogo Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) At the Opening Session of the USA-Africa Ministerial Meeting Washington, D.C., March 15-18, 1999
www.usembassy-israel.org.il /publish/press/security/archive/1999/march/ds1318.htm   (1670 words)

  
 -- Beliefnet.com
The outgoing chairman of conference, Youssouf Ouedraogo, called on member countries to extend humanitarian assistance to alleviate the Chechens' sufferings.
Outgoing chairman Ouedraogo said the recent withdrawal of Israeli forces had raised hopes that a lasting peace was achievable in the region.
Ouedraogo paid tribute to the late Syrian leader Hafez Assad, describing him as an advocate of peace.
www.beliefnet.com /story/30/story_3070_1.html   (596 words)

  
 Burkina News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Government expressed its satisfaction at the show of national solidarity in the face of this crisis, and appealed to the international community, particularly its development partners, to contribute to efforts for the smooth resettlement and reintegration of these repatriates.
Youssouf Ouédraogo, Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso, accompanied by a large delegation, made a visit to Côte d'Ivoire from November 23-25, 1999.
Youssouf Ouédraogo received messages from President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, respectively, extending the best wishes of the American people to the people of Burkina Faso on the occasion of Id Al-Fitr (Ramadan), the start of the Muslim holy month.
www.burkinaembassy-usa.org /news9912.html   (2889 words)

  
 News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ouedraogo said the matter had been raised at the African Union's new Peace and Security Council, which met on Sunday ahead of a major AU summit that opens on Tuesday.
A west African diplomat said Burkina Faso had lodged a formal protest with the African Union against its former ally and west African neighbour.
In a statement from Abidjan Monday, the spokesman for Côte d'Ivoire armed forces chief of staff said in a statement: "The Ivory Coast defence and security forces declare that they respect commitments taken before the international community and therefore would not violate the airspace of a neighbouring country."
www.africancrisis.org /NewsView.asp?Rec=3697&Action=V&Sort=D&Page=1   (351 words)

  
 RIGHTS: More Foreigners Flee Cote D'Ivoire
It constitutes a retreat from human rights and democracy,'' says Halidou Ouedraogo, president of the Burkinabe Movement for Human and Peoples Rights.
Ouedraogo has criticised the ‘'heavy human toll'' paid by foreign nationals, mostly from Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea, since the beginning of the rebellion.
On Monday, the Burkinabe Foreign Minister, Youssouf Ouedraogo, reaffirmed his country's commitment to receiving ‘'any African in trouble''.
www.ipsnews.net /africa/Focus/conflict_prevention/note_11.shtml   (817 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Burkina warns Ivory Coast
Both Mali and France have made similar calls this week after their citizens have been attacked by government supporters, accused of backing the rebels.
Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Youssouf Ouedraogo said that a West African peacekeeping team, expected to be deployed within the next two weeks, should have the job of protecting the millions of foreigners living in Ivory Coast.
Many Burkinabes and Malians have been attacked or had their houses burnt down in Abidjan and other government-held areas.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/africa/2358077.stm   (477 words)

  
 globalEDGE (TM) | country insights - Government of Burkina Faso   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
But within weeks of Compaore's victory the domestic opposition took to the streets to protest the December 13, 1998 murder of leading independent journalist Norbert Zongo, whose investigations of the death of the President's brother's chauffeur suggested involvement of the Compaore family.
The opposition Collective Against Impunity--led by human rights activist Halidou Ouedraogo and including opposition political parties of Prof.
Joseph Ki-Zerbo and (for a while) Hermann Yameogo, son of the first President--challenged Compaore and his government to bring Zongo's murderers to justice and make political reforms.
globaledge.msu.edu /IBRD/CountryGovt.asp?CountryID=81&RegionID=5   (493 words)

  
 Warsaw, Ouagadougou urge closer Euro-African ties, UN reform - EUbusiness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Poland and Burkina Faso will work together to strengthen ties between Europe and Africa, and for a reform of the United Nations in order to "respond better to current challenges," the two countries' foreign ministers said Wednesday.
"On the world scale, a new governance is needed that would be capable of addressing the new challenges of the current world," Ouedraogo said.
Ouedraogo's visit, the first in 30 years of bilateral diplomatic relations, is a logical extension to my tour of sub-Saharan countries aimed at reviving contacts with this region."
www.eubusiness.com /Trade/040915134646.3enuchxe   (349 words)

  
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YOUSSOUF OUEDRAOGO, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso
YOUSSOUF OUEDRAOGO, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso: A few days ago, Hurricane Floyd battered the Bahamas, bringing desolation and untold damage to that country.
This disaster has underlined the difficulties that inhabitants of SIDS are facing.
www.sidsnet.org /francais/ungass/day2_2.html   (12656 words)

  
 Burkina Faso threatens planes
Addis Ababa - Burkina Faso warned on Monday it would shoot down planes violating its airspace, as neighbouring Ivory Coast denied veiled charges that its planes had committed any violations.
But Ivory Coast rejected the accusations, saying its forces respected international commitments and would not violate its neighbour's airspace.
In a statement from Abidjan on Monday, the spokesperson for the Ivory Coast's armed forces chief of staff said in a statement: "The Ivory Coast defence and security forces declare that they respect commitments taken before the international community and therefore would not violate the airspace of a neighbouring country."
www.news24.com /News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1553280,00.html   (383 words)

  
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Working Visit of Youssouf Quedraogo, Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso to Singapore, 27-29 Oct 2004
Mr Youssouf Ouedraogo, Minister of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation of Burkina Faso, will visit Singapore from 27 to 29 October 2004.
Foreign Minister Ouedraogo will call on President S R Nathan, Deputy Prime Minister Prof S Jayakumar, and Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs Raymond Lim.
app.mfa.gov.sg /internet/press/view_press.asp?post_id=1119   (65 words)

  
 DGDC - The minister - Press Releases
On 29 September, Minister of Development Cooperation Armand De Decker received H.E. Mr Youssouf Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso's minister of foreign affairs and development cooperation.
During the meeting, the ministers exchanged their views on the relations between the two countries.
Minister Ouedraogo invited Minister De Decker to Burkina Faso for the Francophone Summit that will take place in Ouagadougou on 26 and 27 November.
www.dgic.be /en/the_minister/press_releases/20040929.html   (117 words)

  
 IRIN Update 427 for 3/22/99
Shelpidi, the departing commander of the ECOWAS -Economic Community of West African States- Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) in Sierra Leone, made the accusation on Thursday last on state radio in Freetown.
Around 3,000 people took part on Saturday in a peaceful demonstration in Ouagadougou against "unpunished crimes" and the suspicious death of journalist Norbert Zongo, in Ougadougou, news organisations reported.
According to AFP, the head of the human rights movement in Burkina Faso, Halidou Ouedraogo, read out a statement addressed to President Blaise Compaore recalling that the government had promised to investigate unsolved crimes.
www.africa.upenn.edu /Newsletters/irinw427.html   (922 words)

  
 october 99   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
October 1999, at the UN Headquarters in New York, under the Chairmanship of His Excellency Youssouf Ouedraogo, Minister of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso and Chairman of the Twenty-sixth Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers.
The Meeting was attended by His Excellency Ibrahima Fall, Representative of the UN Secretary General and His Excellency Ambassador Hussein Hassouna, Representative of the Secretary General of the League of Arab States.
The meeting was chaired by H.E. Youssouf Ouedraogo, Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso, Chairman of the Twenty-sixth Session of the ICFM.
www.oicun.org /acm_99.htm   (7483 words)

  
 PHMWG: New Material and Works in Progress: PATH, May 9, 1997   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Askew, Ian, Placide Tapsoba, Youssouf Ouedraogo, et al.
Bamba, Azara, Brice Millogo, Jeanne Nougtara, Youssouf Ouedraogo, Placide Tapsoba and Inoussa Kabor‚.
Prepared by the Africa OR/TA Project II in cooperation with the Ministere de la Sante‚ de l'Action Sociale et de la Famille, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, July.
www.hopkinsmedicine.org /ccp/matls/or.htm   (1641 words)

  
 M2 Presswire : UN: In message to OIC session, Sec-Gen stresses need for peaceful dialogue among civilizations. @ ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Allow me to begin by expressing my profound gratitude to His Excellency President Blaise Compaore, the Government and the people of Burkina Faso for hosting this conference and for their hospitality; to warmly congratulate Mr.
Youssouf Ouedraogo on his election as Chairman of the Twenty-sixth session of the Islamic Conference of
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static.highbeam.com /m/m2presswire/june291999/uninmessagetooicsessionsecgenstressesneedforpeacef   (243 words)

  
 Cultural diversity
The official visit continued in Burkina Faso, where Ms.
Gagnon-Tremblay met with the President of the Republic, Blaise Compaoré, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation, Youssouf Ouédraogo, who is heading the national organizational committee for the 10th Summit of La Francophonie, to be held in Burkina Faso this November.
She also met with representatives of the Burkinabe Coalition for Cultural Diversity.
www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca /international/diversite-culturelle/eng/speeches/sp04-03-01.htm   (210 words)

  
 Dr. Surakiart Sathirathai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Your Excellency Monsieur Youssouf Ouedraogo, Minister of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation of
On behalf of the Thai delegation, I would like to congratulate H.E. Monsieur Youssouf Ouedraogo, Minister of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation of Burkina Faso, on assuming the Chairmanship of the Ministerial Meeting of the tenth summit of the Francophonie.
I am honoured by the kind invitation to speak at this distinguished luncheon gathering.
www.surakiart.com /speech210.asp   (1476 words)

  
 VietNamNet Bridge
He thanked Vietnam for its unstinting support to Burkina Faso, especially in its bid to host the upcoming Francophone Summit.
Foreign Affairs Minister Nguyen Dy Nien held talks with his Burkinese counterpart Youssouf Ouedraogo at his office.
Mr Nien briefed Ouedraogo on the developments in Vietnam and sought further economic co-operation between the two French-speaking countries besides closer ties between their two ministries.
english.vietnamnet.vn /politics/2004/04/140082   (429 words)

  
 CEN-SAD
He finally informed the Executive Council about the formal partnership relations which he had just established with FAO, COMESA, Council of Arab Economic Unity and the organized contacts with UNESCO, IGAD, ECOWAS, WHO, OSS, OIF.
The State Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso, H.E. YOUSSOUF OUEDRAOGO has, at the end of this presentation, opened the discussions on interim report of the Secretary-General.
The interim report of the Secretary-General was followed by many interventions in which Ministers, Heads of delegations pointed out the completeness in form and content as well as the exhaustiveness of the report presented by the Secretary-General, Dr MOHAMED AL-MADANI AL-AZHARI.
www.uneca.org /cen-sad/reportofthe6thordinarysessionoftheEC.htm   (5922 words)

  
 Tamkang e-Times 532
Prime Minister Yonli praised highly the modernization of TKU.
Other members of his entourage included Youssouf Ouedraogo, Foreign Minister; Agricultural Minister Salif Diallo, Commerce Minister Bendit Ouattara and others.
Actually, the African continent possesses rich resources, Yonli said, adding that the African people should have confidence themselves.
tkutimes.tku.edu.tw /english/92/532.htm   (2888 words)

  
 Burkina Faso official in Qatar
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The foreign minister of Burkina Faso, Youssouf Ouedraogo, started a two-day visit to Qatar yesterday, Gulf Times reported.
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www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/000219/2000021956.html   (61 words)

  
 Ouedraogo, Youssouf - Burkinabé Foreign Minister   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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 Session: Monitoring and Evaluation: Improving Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services
Using monitoring and evaluating to improve logistics system performance and reproductive health product availability in developing countries
Erika Ronnow, MPH, Youssouf Ouedraogo, MS, Briton Bieze, MPH, Timothy R. Williams, MA, MES
Impact of perceived weight gain on women’s contraceptive method choice and method continuation: An evidence based literature review
apha.confex.com /apha/133am/techprogram/session_17405.htm   (355 words)

  
 Egypt to export 1 million gas cylinders and cement to Burkina Faso
Egypt to export 1 million gas cylinders and cement to Burkina Faso
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Trade Youssef Boutros Ghali agreed with Burkina Faso Foreign Affairs Minister Youssouf Ouedraogo on exporting one million gas cylinders and one million tons of cement in addition to agricultural produce to Burkina Faso.
Ghali said that Egypt's keenness on boosting relations with Burkina Faso was part of efforts aiming at expanding trade movement with African states in the various domains.
www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/040618/2004061820.html   (221 words)

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