ACUTE MALNUTRITION RISING ACROSS SOUTHERN AFRICA

(Issued on 21 December 2005.)

NEW YORK, 19 December (OCHA) -- The nutritional situation in Southern African remains fragile -- underscored by rising acute malnutrition rates -- and is expected to worsen further as the lean season progresses.

CREATION OF DECENT JOBS HOLDS KEY TO REDUCING POVERTY IN AFRICA ,

SAYS REGIONAL COMMISSION’S LATEST ANNUAL REPORT

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON CITIZENS OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO TO TURN OUT

IN LARGE NUMBERS FOR 18 DECEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM

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

CONCERNED BY TENSION, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES RESPECT FOR LIBERIA POLL RESULT

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON GUINEA-BISSAU

The following Security Council press statement on Guinea-Bissau was delivered today by Vanessa Howe-Jones, First Secretary at the United Kingdom Mission, on behalf of Council President Emyr Jones Parry:

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED BY WORSENING DARFUR SITUATION

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC STABILITY,

INTEGRATION IN MESSAGE TO DONORS’ CONFERENCE ON COMOROS

Secretary-General condemns eritrea’s decision to expel peacekeepers

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Secretary-General welcomes appointment of Charles Konan Banny

as Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire

 

The following statement was issued on 5 December by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS LIEUTENANT GENERAL CHIKADIBIA ISAAC OBIAKOR

OF NIGERIA FORCE COMMANDER OF LIBERIA MISSION