SECRETARY-GENERAL WARMLY WELCOMES CANADIAN ANNOUNCEMENT

 

OF SUBSTANTIAL MILITARY SUPPORT FOR DARFUR

 

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

WORSENING FOOD SITUATION IN PARTS OF SAHEL

 

Damage from 2004 Drought, Locust Infestations Causing Food Shortages -- FAO Alert

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 10 May (FAO)) -- Damage from the 2004 drought and locust infestations is aggravating the food situation in parts of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and northern Senegal, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a statement today.

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON CASE CONCERNING

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, RWANDA FROM 4 TO 8 JULY

(Reissued as received.)

FAO ASSISTING WAR-DISPLACED IN UGANDA

 

Seeds, Tools, Training to 94,000 Vulnerable Households

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 5 May (FAO) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will provide 94,000 vulnerable households in internally displaced person (IDP) camps in northern Uganda with seeds, tools and agricultural training to help reduce their dependence on food aid.

FLASH UPDATE -- 2005 JOINT HUMANITARIAN APPEAL FOR ETHIOPIA

 

(Reissued as received.)

DEATH TOLL RISES IN ETHIOPIAN FLOODS

 

FRANÇOIS LONSENY FALL APPOINTED SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

 

OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR SOMALIA

 

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has designated François Lonseny Fall as his Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS).  Mr. Fall will assume his duties later this month in Nairobi, Kenya, where the Office is currently located.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JOAQUIM ALBERTO CHISSANO

SPECIAL ENVOY FOR GUINEA-BISSAU

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CÔTE D’IVOIRE PRESIDENT’S ANNOUNCEMENT

ON ELIGIBILITY OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

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

UNITED NATIONS ISSUES FLASH APPEAL FOR DJIBOUTI

 

NEW YORK, 27 April (OCHA) -- The United Nations has issued a Flash Appeal for Djibouti, asking $7.5 million to combat the severe food crisis threatening the country.  The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today that immediate needs include food aid for 28,650 people and water for 18,000.  The Government of Djibouti earlier requested international assistance.