Africa

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY BRUTAL MURDER OF UN SECURITY OFFICER IN SOMALIA ,

CALLS ON SOMALI AUTHORITIES TO BRING PERPETRATORS TO JUSTICE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS INCURSION BY ARMED ELEMENTS

INTO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ALARMED BY ESCALATING DARFUR VIOLENCE

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

INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE TOWN AT RISK

REPORT BY FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION SAYS 12 MILLION PEOPLE NEED IMMEDIATE

EMERGENCY FOOD FOLLOWING POOR CEREAL HARVEST IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

24 Sub-Saharan Countries Listed in Need of Aid

As War, Civil Strife, Adverse Weather, Economic Crisis Take Their Toll

PRESS STATEMENT ON SUDAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

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

UNITED NATIONS ASSESSES THREAT OF DAM COLLAPSE IN CAMEROON

NEW YORK, 27 September (OCHA) -- The United Nations has dispatched a team of experts to Lake Nyos, in Cameroon’s Northwest province, following reports that a natural dam on the lake could potentially collapse.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS HAILE MENKERIOS OF ERITREA AS DEPUTY

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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 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: