PRESS STATEMENT ON GUINEA-BISSAU BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President, Emyr Jones Parry on Guinea-Bissau:

The Security Council, at its request, was briefed in informal consultations this afternoon, by Mr. Tuliameni Kalomoh, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs on the developments that took place in Guinea-Bissau on 6 October 2004.

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIA SANCTIONS REVIEW

The following Security Council press statement on the Liberia sanctions review was delivered today by President Emyr Jones Parry (United Kingdom):

Secretary-General Deplores action leading to death

 

of Chief of Staff of Guinea-Bissau’s armed forces

 

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

Africa shows progress in tackling conflicts, UN Secretary-General reports

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO:  SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS STRENGTHENING

 

OF MISSION AN IMPORTANT STEP, BUT WELL BELOW RECOMMENDED CEILING

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the Security Council on the Democratic Republic of the Congo today, 1 October:

FAO intensifies locust campaign in West Africa

 

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 1 October (FAO) -- Desert locust control operations have been expanded in West Africa, but countries are still facing serious shortages of pesticides and aircraft, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.

NEW UNCTAD STUDY MAKES CASE FOR AFRICAN DEBT WRITE-OFF

 

(Reissued as received.)

Secretary-General expresses regret at ‘very limited progress’

on legislative reforms in Côte d’Ivoire

 

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

New Africa report urges industrial nations to play fair

 

Secretary-General’s message to memorial for ex-UNITAR chief

The following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to a memorial ceremony in honour of Chief Simeon Ola Adebo in Lagos today, 28 September 2004, as delivered by Marcel Boisard, Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR):