UN DEDICATES $1.7 MILLION FROM NEW GLOBAL EMERGENCY FUND TO HORN OF AFRICA

NEW YORK, 31 March (OCHA) -- The United Nations has now granted just over $1.7 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to the World Health Organization (WHO) for urgent, life-saving programmes in the Horn of Africa.

EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR MEETS PRESIDENT MUSEVENI IN UGANDA

Charles Taylor’s Capture, trial will send powerful message

 

rule of law must prevail, says Secretary-General

 

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

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

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.

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:

DROUGHT-STRICKEN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA FACES CRITICAL SITUATION

EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR CONCERNED ABOUT VULNERABILITY

OF NEWLY DISPLACED IN NORTHERN GUINEA-BISSAU