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Africa


AFR/1837-DC/3171
30 April 2009
Press ReleaseAFR/1837
DC/3171
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

GABON TO HOST MEETING OF UNITED NATIONS STANDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE

 

ON SECURITY QUESTIONS IN CENTRAL AFRICA, 4-8 MAY


The United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa will hold its twenty-eighth ministerial meeting in Libreville, Gabon, from 4 to 8 May.

SC/9633-AFR/1833
9 April 2009
Security CouncilSC/9633
AFR/1833
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 


The following Security Council press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo was read out today by Council President Claude Heller ( Mexico):

SG/SM/12167-AFR/1830
3 April 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12167
AFR/1830
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUDAN’S NATIONAL ELECTIONS


IN FEBRUARY 2010, PLEDGES UNITED NATIONS READINESS TO ASSIST


The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

SG/SM/12169-AFR/1831
3 April 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12169
AFR/1831
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

VOICES OF SURVIVORS TOUCH US LIKE NO OTHER WORDS COULD, BUT SILENCE OF THOUSANDS


STILL HAUNTS COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL OF RWANDA GENOCIDE


Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the fifteenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, on 7 April: