UNITED NATIONS STANDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SECURITY QUESTIONS IN CENTRAL AFRICA

TO HOLD 22nd MINISTERIAL MEETING 14 - 18 MARCH IN BRAZZAVILLE

 

‘WE ARE NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH’ TO DEAL WITH APPALLING SITUATION IN DARFUR,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AFTER MEETING WITH SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on Sudan, issued in New York, 7 March:

The members of the Security Council came to see me this morning, at my request, to discuss Sudan.

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH HIS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

 

TO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REINING IN OF MILITIAS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES BURUNDI FOR SUCCESSFUL REFERENDUM ON CONSTITUTION

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

The Secretary-General would like to congratulate warmly the Transitional Government of Burundi and the Burundian people for the successful conduct of the referendum on the post-transitional constitution, which took place yesterday, 28 February 2005.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DESIGNATION OF INTERIM HEAD OF STATE OF TOGO

The following statement was issued on 25 February by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS KILLING OF UN PEACEKEEPERS

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the murder of nine United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh today during an ambush by unidentified militia groups near Kafé in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who were part of a company protecting a camp for internally displaced people.

LACK OF FUNDING FOR SECURITY REFORM, REINTEGRATION PROGRAMMES DISTURBING,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS COUNCIL MEETING ON WEST AFRICA

 

Desperation Born of High Youth Unemployment Levels

Could Lead to Political, Social Unrest in Whole Subregion, He Warns

PLANS TO HARNESS CONGO HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL GAINING POLITICAL MOMENTUM,

TOP AFRICAN ENERGY EXECUTIVE TELLS UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL

 

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI, 24 February (UNEP) –- Plans to harness the power of the mighty Congo River to generate electricity are being drawn up by one of Africa’s biggest energy companies, it was announced at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY STALLED TALKS ON TOGO CRISES

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 19 February, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: