SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES PEOPLE OF BURUNDI ON ELECTION

OF FIRST POST-TRANSITIONAL PRESIDENT

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

LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN AFRICA NEED URGENT GLOBAL ASSISTANCE,

AS FOOD INSECURITY DEEPENS

NEARLY ONE MILLION FACE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SOMALIA

DONOR ALERT TO BE ISSUED FOR MALAWI

NEW YORK, 16 August (OCHA) -- Recent vulnerability assessments showing that 4.2 million to 4.6 million individuals remain at risk of food insecurity have prompted the United Nations system in Malawi to begin preparations to issue a Donor Alert for the country. 

Secretary-General calls on all Ivorians to facilitate functioning

of UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire

 

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

UNITED NATIONS STEPS UP ACTIVITIES IN NIGER

 

ETHIOPIA RECORDS SHARP RISE IN MALARIA CASES

 

Biographical Note

Secretary-General appoints Francesco bastagli of Italy

Special Representative for western sahara

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Francesco Bastagli of Italy as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara.

UN Says $81 MILLION NEEDED FOR WORSENING SITUATION in Niger

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS COUP D’ETAT IN MAURITANIA

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

The Secretary-General condemns the coup d’état in Mauritania on 3 August.