PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON EVENTS

IN BURUNDI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Following is the press statement made by Juan Antonio Yañez-Barnuevo (Spain), President of the Security Council, on 3 September:

FAO welcomes increased commitment to contain Desert Locusts;

Emergency calls for rapid response

 

(Reissued as received.)

UN REQUESTS MORE FUNDS TO MEET HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN CHAD

 

NEW YORK, 27 August (OCHA) -- The United Nations is now asking the international community for $166 million to address humanitarian needs in Chad until the end of the year.  Its initial appeal, which it launched last March, was for $54 million.  Thus far, current contributions and pledges amount to $80 million, or 48 per cent of the revised requirements.

Dramatic locust situation in West Africa -- donor response positive

Around $37 Million Committed or in Pipeline -- More Funds Urgently Needed

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 26 August (FAO) -- The international community has responded positively to an appeal launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to assist countries in West and North-West Africa in their fight against desert locusts, the FAO said today.

UN Appeals for More Funds to Meet Most Urgent Humanitarian Needs in Sudan

KHARTOUM/GENEVA, 25 August (OCHA) -- The UN today warned that $434 million out of $722 million are still required to respond to Sudan’s most urgent humanitarian needs through the end of the year. 

PRESS STATEMENT ON SUDAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on the Sudan by Security Council President Andrey Denisov (Russian Federation):

On 24 August, members of the Security Council received a briefing from Assistant Secretary-General, Tuliameni Kalomoh, on the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan.

Secretary-General welcomes inauguration of transitional

Federal parliament for Somalia

The following statement was issued on Sunday, 22 August, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

UNITED NATIONS REACHES INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS

BY AIR IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

LOCUST SITUATION WORSENS IN MAURITANIA AND MALI

FAO, African Union Heads Inspect Devastation First-Hand

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 18 August (FAO) -- West Africa is facing a worsening locust crisis as more swarms arrive in Mauritania, Mali and Niger, according to the latest update issued by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Secretary-General ‘SHOCKED AND OUTRAGED’ BY MASSACRE

OF CIVILIAN REFUGEES IN BURUNDI

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