SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY RWANDA REBEL GROUP’S PLEDGE TO DISARM,

RETURN PEACEFULLY, COLLABORATE WITH JUSTICE MECHANISMS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL UNDERLINES NGOS’ CRUCIAL ROLE IN DARFUR, SUDAN

 

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

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:

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.

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.

UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS CALL FOR URGENT,

 

EFFECTIVE ACTION ON DARFUR, SUDAN

 

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES UNITED KINGDOM’S AFRICA COMMISSION REPORTAS IMPORTANT

 

CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD’S ‘FOREMOST DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE’

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on the report of the Commission on Africa in New York, 11 March:

The United Nations welcomes this report of the Commission on Africa, established by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL BABACAR GAYE APPOINTED NEW FORCE COMMANDER

 

OF UN ORGANIZATION MISSION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

AID ACTIVITIES RESUME AS AN UNEASY CALM RETURNS

 

TO ITURI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR JAN EGELAND CONCLUDES TRIP TO SUDAN;

SAYS 2005 COUNTRY’S ‘MAKE OR BREAK YEAR’

 

KHARTOUM, 8 March (OCHA) -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland today completed a four-day tour of the Sudan, including visits to return to areas in South Sudan, internally displaced persons camps and conflict-affected locations in Darfur and meetings with authorities in Khartoum.