Africa

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED TO TRAIN TEACHERS, BUILD RESEARCH CAPACITY

AT RE-LAUNCH OF PARTNERSHIP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA

Concerned over Continuing Brain Drain,

He Says Top Researchers Win Prizes in West, But Not at Home

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOLDS TALKS ON WAY FORWARD IN C ÔTE D’IVOIRE

The following press communiqué was issued after the Secretary-General’s meeting with President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and the African Union Mediator for Côte d’Ivoire, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, today in New York:

UN HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE CALLS FOR URGENT INCREASE IN SUPPORT

FOR MALAWI FLASH APPEAL AS PLANTING SEASON APPROACHES

AFRICAN LEADERS URGED TO TACKLE CRIME, INSECURITY,

CORRUPTION TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT

Action Programme to Be Endorsed at Abuja Meeting

(Reissued as received.)

COMMENDING WORK OF UN COMMITTEE ON SECURITY IN CENTRAL AFRICA , SECRETARY-GENERAL

URGES CONTINUED DETERMINATION, POLITICAL WILL

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PRESS STATEMENT ON C ÔTE D’IVOIRE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of today’s statement to the press by Security Council President Kenzo Oshima ( Japan):

PRESS STATEMENT ON SUDAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press by Security Council President Kenzo Oshima ( Japan):

$88 MILLION NEEDED TO AVERT FOOD INSECURITY IN MALAWI

GENEVA/ NEW YORK, 30 August (OCHA) -- The United Nations today launched a Flash Appeal for nearly $88 million for Malawi, where at least 4.2 million people -- 34 per cent of the total population -- are currently threatened by acute food insecurity.

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES UN COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHENING

COOPERATION WITH CENTRAL AFRICAN STATES

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IN MESSAGE TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL CEREMONY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES

PEOPLE OF BURUNDI FOR SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF TRANSITIONAL PROCESS

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