Secretary-General welcomes United States, United Kingdom initiative

 

for significant increase in Africa emergency funding

 

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

Security Council press statement on Côte d’Ivoire

 

Following is the press statement on Côte d’Ivoire delivered by Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière (France):

The members of the Security Council heard a briefing by Hédi Annabi, Assistant Secretary-General, on the massacres that occurred in the region of Duékoué, in the West of Côte d’Ivoire.

SEVERE SHORTAGE IN FUNDING FOR DJIBOUTI DROUGHT

NEW YORK, 6 June (OCHA) -- Six weeks into the flash appeal for $7.5 million for drought relief in Djibouti, donors have failed to provide funding for 95 per cent of needs, leaving the agricultural, food and coordination sectors of the appeal wholly unfunded.

Secretary-General welcomes peaceful conduct of elections in most of Burundi

 

but condemns violence in some areas

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

UNITED NATIONS RESPONDING TO NEEDS IN COTED’IVOIRE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PANEL URGES GREATER, MORE CONSISTENT

 

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT

Emeka Anyaoku of Nigeria, the Chair of a special advisory panel on international support for Africa, today submitted the panel’s recommendations to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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

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,

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.