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AFR/1134-IHA/1032
04/04/2005
Press Release
AFR/1134
IHA/1032

ITURI’S DISPLACED NOW FACING CHOLERA EPIDEMIC

 


BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1 April (OCHA) -- Humanitarian workers in Ituri are calling for increased security in the Kakwa displaced camp after a cholera epidemic was declared in the area on Sunday.

SG/SM/9779-SC/8344-AFR/1129
24/03/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9779
SC/8344
AFR/1129

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION FOR SUDANMISSION,

 

TO ASSIST IMPLEMENTATION OF PEACE AGREEMENT


Following is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the Security Council on adoption of a resolution on the Sudan, delivered by Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, in New York, 24 March:

AFR/1128-IHA/1028
21/3/2005
Press Release
AFR/1128
IHA/1028

UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR CALLS ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AUTHORITIES


TO ASSUME THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS CONGOLESE POPULATION


GENEVA, 21 March (OCHA) -- The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Jan Egeland, called upon the Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to assume its responsibilities towards the Congolese people.

AFR/1127-IHA/1027
18/03/2005
Press Release
AFR/1127
IHA/1027

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION DETERIORATING IN ITURI DISTRICT

 

OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 


(Reissued as received.)


BUNIA, 17 March (OCHA) -- The spate of violent attacks in Ituri District in recent days has left thousands more people homeless, many of whom are now seeking shelter in cramped makeshift camps in the area.