Secretary-General welcomes agreement on action plan for darfur

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the agreement between his Special Representative for Sudan, Jan Pronk, and the Government of Sudan on an Action Plan for Darfur.

LOCUST INVASION THREATENS SUMMER CROPS IN SAHEL COUNTRIES,

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT URGENTLY NEEDED

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 4 August (FAO) -- While large locust swarms continue to arrive in West African countries, the locust situation is returning to normal in Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.

UN EXPERT SAYS COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT NEEDS TO ADDRESS

ROOT CAUSES OF DISPLACEMENT IN DARFUR AND ALL SUDAN

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON DARFUR

The Secretary-General welcomes the adoption today of resolution 1556 by the Security Council on the situation in Darfur, Sudan.

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED ABOUT CONTINUED ATTACKS IN DARFUR

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR ‘COMMITMENT AND COMPROMISE’ TO MOVE COTED’IVOIRE

PEACE PROCESS FORWARD, IN REMARKS TO ACCRA MEETING

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the opening of the plenary session of the High-Level Meeting on Côte d’Ivoire:

AFRICAN MEETING ON TREATMENT, CARE FOR PERSONS LIVING

WITH HIV/AIDS OPENS IN ADDIS ABABA

(Reissued as received.)

UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION SAYS MORE LOCUST SWARMS

INVADING SAHEL COUNTRIES

(Reissued as received.)

Rome, 27 July (FAO) -- The number of desert locust swarms invading cropping areas in Mauritania, Senegal and Mali from north-west Africa has increased in the past two weeks, according to the latest locust update published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today.

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