Ethiopia reaps bumper harvest, but more than 2 million people

will need food aid this year

New Safety Net Programme to Benefit 5 Million People Who Face Chronic Hunger

(Reissued as received.)

Secretary-General stresses need to focus attention on security sector reform

in message to summit of Economic Community of West African States

He also Underscores Need to Continue Fight against Corruption, Impunity

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS LIEUTENANT-GENERAL JOSEPH OWONIBI (NIGERIA)

AS FORCE COMMANDER OF THE UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN LIBERIA

 

The Secretary-General has appointed Lieutenant-General Joseph Olorungbon Owonibi of Nigeria as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).

PRESS STATEMENT ON SUDAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on the Sudan by Security Council President César Mayoral (Argentina):

WELCOMING SUDAN PEACE AGREEMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARTIES TO SHOW

 

COMMITMENT, DETERMINATION, COURAGE IN IMPLEMENTING ACCORD OVER LONG TERM

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the signing ceremony for the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan, in Nairobi, yesterday, 9 January 2005, as delivered by Jan Pronk, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS STEINAR BJORNSSON OF ICELAND

 

DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR OPERATIONS IN LIBERIA

 

DESERT LOCUST:  FAO RECOMMENDS CONTINUING CONTROL ACTIONS, VIGILANCE

Twelve Million Treated Since Beginning of Upsurge

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 7 January (FAO) -- Despite recent improvements, the desert locust situation remains serious in Western Africa where vigilance and intensive control operations are still needed, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

PROSECUTOR RECEIVES REFERRAL CONCERNING CENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC

 

(Reissued as received.)

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on the Central African Republic by Security Council President César Mayoral (Argentina):

Secretary-General welcomes peace pact in senegal

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 31 December 2004: