Africa

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IVORIAN PARTIES TO FACILITATE APPOINTMENT

OF NEW PRIME MINISTER, PREPARATIONS FOR 2006 ELECTIONS

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

‘SPECIAL EVENT’ OF UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL IS TOLD HUNGER

TRANSCENDS ALL MAIN CAUSES OF LOSS OF LIVES IN AFRICA

Enormity of Challenges Outlined; Experts Offer Insights

On Likely Solutions, including More Aid, Improved Self-Governance

HUMANITARIAN STAFF IN NORTHERN UGANDA ATTACKED

NEW YORK, 26 October (OCHA) -- Three separate attacks on humanitarian aid workers in northern Uganda in the past two days have resulted in the death of two individuals and the injury of four others.

WORLD SUMMIT OUTCOME REPRESENTS ‘A PARTICULAR SUCCESS FOR AFRICA ’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS AFRICAN EDITORS’ FORUM

PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIAN ELECTIONS BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on the Liberian elections by Security Council President Mihnea Ioan Motoc ( Romania):

SECRETARY-GENERAL DELIGHTED WITH CONDUCT OF LIBERIAN ELECTIONS

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

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.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES LIBERIANS TO MAKE FULL USE OF ‘PRECIOUS RIGHT’

TO FREELY CHOOSE THEIR LEADERS

Following is the text of a radio message delivered today by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the elections in Liberia:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR FULL, PEACEFUL PARTICIPATION IN LIBERIAN ELECTIONS

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

DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT UPSURGE OF VIOLENCE IN DARFUR , SUDAN , SECRETARY-GENERAL

‘STRONGLY CONDEMNS’ KILLING OF AFRICAN UNION PERSONNEL

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