SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ‘CONNECT AFRICA’ SUMMIT NARROWING ‘DIGITAL DIVIDE’

BETWEEN RICH, POOR NATIONS CENTRAL TO DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS

 

AS DARFUR PEACE TALKS BEGIN, SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS PARTIES

FOR MAKING ‘CHOICE OF DIALOGUE OVER WAR’

 

‘CONNECT AFRICA’ SUMMIT OPENS IN KIGALI

Partnerships Announced to Develop Information and Communications

Technology in the Continent as World Bank Announces Doubling of Financing

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT INCREASED SUFFERING IN DEMOCRATIC

REPUBLIC OF CONGO, AS FIGHTING CONTINUES IN NORTH KIVU

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DONORS’ ROUND TABLE ON CENTRAL AFRICAN

REPUBLIC, CALLS FOR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF COUNTRY’S PEACE EFFORTS

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

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ELLEN MARGRETHE LØJ OF DENMARK

AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR LIBERIA

 

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS BINTOU KEITA OF GUINEA

AS DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR BURUNDI

 

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Bintou Keita of Guinea as Deputy Special Representative for Burundi.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS CHOI YOUNG-JIN OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA

 

AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE

 

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS BACRE WALY NDIAYE OF SENEGAL AS DEPUTY SPECIAL

REPRESENTATIVE FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO