Africa


SC/8690-AFR/1365
13 April 2006
Security CouncilSC/8690
AFR/1365
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

PRESS STATEMENT on chad, darfur BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT


The following statement to the press was delivered today by Security Council President Wang Guangya ( China):

AFR/1356-IHA/1177
31 March 2006
Press ReleaseAFR/1356
IHA/1177
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

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.