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AFR/1081-IHA/971
17/12/2004
Press Release
AFR/1081
IHA/971

Un aid agencies say Humanitarian Needs Growing in North Côte d’Ivoire

 


NEW YORK, 17 December (OCHA) -- Recent assessments undertaken by United Nations aid agencies in Côte d’Ivoire reveal that humanitarian needs are growing in the north of the country.

AFR/1080-IHA/969
8/12/2004
Press Release
AFR/1080
IHA/969

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS UGANDAN PRESIDENT OVER TRUCE WITH NORTHERN REBELS


KAMPALA, 8 December (OCHA) -- Jan Egeland, United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, met with President Yoweri Museveni in Kampala yesterday.

SG/SM/9641-AFR/1079
8/12/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9641
AFR/1079

SECRETARY-GENERAL STUDIES ETHIOPIAN PROPOSAL ON BOUNDARY COMMISSION


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


Further to the Secretary-General’s statement of 26 November, he has studied the five-point proposal that the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi submitted to Parliament on 25 November.

SC/8261-AFR/1077
6/12/2004
Press Release
SC/8261
AFR/1077

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE BEGINS WORK, DRAWS

 

ATTENTION TO ARMS EMBARGO IMPOSED BY RESOLUTION 1572

 


The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1572 (2004) concerning Côte d’Ivoire, held its first meeting today, 6 December 2004.


The Committee’s task is to oversee the implementation of the measures imposed on Côte d’Ivoire by resolution 1572 (2004) as follows:

SG/SM/9609-AFR/1072
22/11/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9609
AFR/1072

Secretary-General pledges United Nations support in quest for peace,


stability, democracy, development in great lakes region

 


Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the closing of the International Conference on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development in the Great Lakes Region, held in Dar-es-Salaam on 20 November 2004:


The Dar-es-Salaam Declaration of Principles holds great promise.