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:

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.

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):

SECRETARY-GENERAL commends people of CENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC

 

for participating actively in electoral process

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

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE

Following is today’s statement to the press on the Special Court for Sierra Leone by Security Council President Ellen Margrethe Løj (Denmark):

Members of the Security Council today heard a briefing by the President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone on the activities of the Court.

UN HOLDING REGIONAL MEETING IN NAIROBI TO DISCUSS CONVENTIONAL ARMS ISSUES

IN AFRICA DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS SEPTEMBER SUMMIT

 

TIME FOR ‘BOLD ACTION’ FOR CONTINENT’S SPECIAL NEEDS

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on Africa Day, observed 25 May:

The annual observance of Africa Day offers an opportunity to reflect on Africa’s prospects and its plight.

UN APPEALS FOR $16 MILLION FOR NIGER FOOD CRISES

(Reissued as received.)