President Mubarak discuss with Annan UN reform

Egypt's Presidential Spokesman Suleiman Awwad said President Mubarak told UN SG Kofi Annan that UN Security Council reform should be the reinforcement of the capability of the UN General Assembly, where all world countries have a say concerning international and regional affairs.

Obasanjo, President of Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, said he hoped the Group of Eight (G8) summit would extend a recent debt cancellation beyond the 14 African countries that have benefited from it so far.

"This is not the time for a lot of talk but more of a time for serious and concerted action," he told the half-yearly summit of the 53-nation African Union.

He praised a British-backed report recommending more help for Africa to be presented to the G8 summit chaired by British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

He said the AU summit had to take a collective decision on the need for developed nations to own the report while coming up with the resources to pay for most of its recommendations.