CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC -- THOUSANDS RISK STARVATION

IN MISERY-STRICKEN NORTH-WEST

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY REPORTS OF CHARLES TAYLOR’S DISAPPEARANCE,

CALLS FOR DENIAL OF REFUGE, EXECUTION OF ARREST WARRANT

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES $92 MILLION APPEAL FOR SAHEL

 

DAKAR/GENEVA/ NEW YORK, 28 March (OCHA) -- The United Nations today launched an appeal for nearly $92 million to meet food and nutritional requirements in the Sahel, which is one of the world’s poorest regions.

EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR TO UNDERTAKE MISSION TO UGANDA , SUDAN , CHAD , KENYA

Secretary-General welcomes decision of European Union to begin planning

for support of UN Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo

The following statement was issued on 25 March by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR CONCERNED ABOUT VULNERABILITY

OF NEWLY DISPLACED IN NORTHERN GUINEA-BISSAU

FLAME FROM BURNING WEAPONS A SYMBOL OF RENEWED HOPE FOR CONGOLESE PEOPLE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT BRAZZAVILLE CEREMONY

(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French.)

DROUGHT-STRICKEN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA FACES CRITICAL SITUATION

Democratic Republic of Congo ‘resolutely along path to peace’,

says Secretary-General in Kinshasa address

 

Following is an address by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Congolese people in Kinshasa, 22 March:

LOSS OF PEACEKEEPERS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO REASON TO PRESS ON, SUCCEED

IN ‘NOBLE MISSION ’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT KINSHASA MEMORIAL SERVICE