SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES NEW NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN , CALLS

ON PARTIES TO DARFUR CONFLICT TO REACH AGREEMENT BY YEAR’S END

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON GUINEA-BISSAU BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Guinea-Bissau by Security Council President Bayani Mercado ( Philippines):

Secretary-General, prime minister discuss post-election guinea-bissau

 

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press by Security Council President Lauro Baja ( Philippines):

Secretary-General pleased by $5 mILLION nigerian donation to tsunami relief fund

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

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

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