UNITED NATIONS RESPONDING TO NEEDS IN COTED’IVOIRE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON CÔTE D’IVOIREVILLAGE

 

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

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack by Ivorian armed elements on the village of Guetrozon near Douékoué in western Côte d’Ivoire on 31 May and 1 June, which has reportedly resulted in the deaths of at least 41 people.

UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICE SAYS ZERO FUNDING RECEIVED FOR FOOD CRISiS IN NIGER

UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICE CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS

 

IN NINDJA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

BUKAVU, May 31 (OCHA) -- Innocent civilians have been, once again, caught up in the fighting between armed groups in South Kivu, with 19 people killed and many others wounded during an attack on the collectivity of Nindja, 75 km north-west of Bukavu, South Kivu, last Monday.

ONLY POLITICAL SETTLEMENT CAN RESOLVE DARFUR CONFLICT, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMISSION IN SUDAN

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the National Constitutional Review Commission in Rumbek, Sudan on 29 May:

Chairman John Garang,

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES SUPPORT FOR EXPANSION OF AFRICAN UNION’S

 

MISSION IN DARFUR, AT ADDIS ABABA PLEDGING CONFERENCE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the pledging conference co-chaired by the African Union and the United Nations in support of the African Union Mission in Sudan, in Addis Ababa, 26 May:

I am honoured to be here today to co-chair this highly important event.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PRESENTS ‘UNITED FRONT’

IN DARFUR, AFTER GENEROUS OFFERS OF SUPPORT FOR AFRICAN UNION MISSION

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s concluding statement to the pledging conference co-chaired by the African Union and the United Nations in support of the African Union Mission in Sudan, in Addis Ababa, 26 May:

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE DEMOBILIZATION

 

Following is the press statement on Côte d’Ivoire delivered today by Security Council President Ellen Margrethe Løj (Denmark):

SUPPORTING PEACE PROCESS IN SUDAN -- AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS COUNTRYWIDE

 

TOTAL $16 MILLION, MORE FUNDS URGENTLY NEEDED

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JOËL W. ADECHI OF BENIN AS DEPUTY

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA

The Secretary-General has decided to appoint Mr. Joël W. Adechi of Benin as his Deputy Special Representative for Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Ambassador Adechi has been serving as the Permanent Representative of Benin to the United Nations since September 1999, and has been his country’s representative to the Security Council.