Africa

UN Advisory Committee on Central Africa Security Questions

to hold 21st Ministerial Meeting 21 - 25 June

SECRETARY-GENERAL deeply concerned by persistent instability in Democratic

Republic of Congo; calls on all parties to uphold transitional process

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGEON receiving ‘COMPANION OF O.R. TAMBO’ AWARD

This is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the awards ceremony in Pretoria, South Africa, today of the Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo (delivered for him by Ibrahima Fall, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region):

IMPROVED HUMANITARIAN ACCESS needed IN BuKAVU,

says un emergency relief coordinator

NEW YORK, 11 June (OCHA) -- Since fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo erupted around Bukavu on 26 May, there have been reports that sexual violence has been widespread and that some 50 civilians have been killed.

SECRETARY-GENERAL condemns coup attempt in Democratic Republic of Congo

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

The Secretary-General condemns the attempted coup early today in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

UGANDA:  ATTACKS ON internally displaced persons CAMPS KILL

MORE THAN 125 IN PAST MONTH

NEW YORK, 11 June (OCHA) -- The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Jan Egeland, has condemned a series of attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) on camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Uganda that have left more than 125 people dead in the past four weeks.

cairo programme ‘practical blueprint’ for reducing poverty, promoting development

in africa says SECRETARY-GENERAL in message to dakar meeting

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED TO PROTECT CIVILIANS, PROVIDE AID WORKERS WITH SAFE

ACCESS, FOLLOWING RECENT VIOLENCE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

press statement on liberia by Security Council president

Following is today’s press statement on Liberia by Security Council President Lauro Baja (Philippines):

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION FOR ADDRESSING

AFRICA’S DAUNTING DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES, IN MESSAGE TO KAMPALASUMMIT

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Ninth Summit of the COMESA Authority in Kampala, 8 June 2004:

It gives me great pleasure to send my best wishes to this important summit meeting of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.