FLOODS HIT ETHIOPIA, SOMALIA

NEW YORK, 26 April (OCHA) -- In East Africa, heavy rains have caused severe flooding in Ethiopia and Somalia, and floods have not only led to deaths and displacement, but also to extensive damage to property and farmland, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported today. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED BY VIOLENCE FOLLOWING TOGO ELECTIONS,

REITERATES URGENT APPEAL FOR CALM

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO REGIONAL SUMMIT, CALLS ON BURUNDI’S LEADERS

TO TAKE LAST STEP TOWARDS MEETING ASPIRATIONS OF THEIR PEOPLE

He Pledges Continued United Nations Support for Electoral Process

TUNISIA SENDING FARMING EXPERTS TO TOGO UNDER SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION

AGREEMENT TO HELP TAKE FOOD SECURITY ACTIVITIES NATIONWIDE

 

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 22 April (FAO) -- Tunisia is sending 20 farming experts and technicians to Togo to work with local experts, as part of an agreement signed today between the two countries and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

25,000 DISPLACED PERSONS AT RISK, AS MILITARY EFFORTS TO DISARM MILITIAS

IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BLOCK HUMANITARIAN ACCESS

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR FREE, PEACEFUL VOTE, AS TOGO

 

APPROACHES 24 APRIL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

 

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

UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICE DONOR SUPPORT GROUP VISITS GUINEA

CONAKRY, 18 April (OCHA) -– A 15-member delegation of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Donor Support Group, represented by Belgium, Canada, the European Community Humanitarian Office, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States will arrive in Conakry, from Abidjan tomorrow for a three-day visit to Guinea.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY MOUNTING TENSIONS

 

IN GUINEA-BISSAU IN ADVANCE OF JUNE ELECTIONS

 

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of today’s statement to the press on the Central African Republic by Security Council President Wang Guangya (China):

CITING ‘MASSIVE SHORTFALLS IN FUNDING’, SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS

FOR $2.6 BILLION FOR SOUTH SUDAN

Following is the text of the statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Sudan Donors’ Conference in Oslo today: