Africa

United Nations TACKLES FOOD INSECURITY IN KENYA

NEW YORK, 22 July (OCHA) -- United Nations agencies will soon be appealing for international aid on behalf of the Kenyan Government, which has requested assistance to help overcome poor rainfall and severe crop failure.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS PANEL TO STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL

SUPPORT FOR AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN

COMMISSION ON HIV/AIDS AND GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA to meet in Botswana, 26 – 27 July;

Focus: PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION; ACCESS TO TREATMENT AND CARE

(Reissued as received.)

NUMBER OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS INCREASES IN DARFUR,

SAYS UN HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE

NEW YORK, 19 July (OCHA) -– Last month, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Darfur grew by approximately 100,000.  As of 1 July, there were more than 1 million IDPs in the region.  Progress has been made in meeting their needs, although significant gaps remain.

PRESS STATEMENT ON ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Ethiopia and Eritrea delivered by Security Council President Mihnea Ioan Motoc (Romania):

Members of the Council heard a briefing on the situation between Ethiopia and Eritrea and the activities of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE).  They reiterated their full support for UNMEE’s work.

Africa must accelerate links between national economies; aim for economic union,

states new report by United NationsEconomic Commission for Africa

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of today’s statement to the press on the Central African Republic by Security Council President Minhea Ioan Motoc (Romania):

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS LEADERS OF GABON, EQUATORIAL GUINEA

FOR AGREEMENT TO PEACEFULLY RESOLVE BORDER DISPUTE

Following is the text of comments by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the signing ceremony between Gabon and Equatorial Guinea of an agreement to peacefully resolve their border dispute, in Addis Ababa, today:

africa’s ‘new democratic spirit’ must spread, strengtHen, says Secretary-General

to african union, while warning of threat posed by darfur crisis

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, 6 July:

ERRATIC RAINS, CIVIL STRIFE, DESERT LOCUSTS SERIOUSLY

THREATEN FOOD SECURITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Crisis in Sudan Pushes Millions off Land;

Elsewhere Drought, AIDS Undercut Agricultural Production

(Reissued as received.)