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.

SECRETARY-GENERAL RELIEVED AT NEWS OF RELEASE OF 16 AID WORKERS IN DARFUR, SUDAN

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

Sudan: cross-line operations reach 150,000 people in Nuba Mountains, Sudan

Seeds, Tools and Construction Materials Distributed by FAO

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 7 June (FAO) -- Farmers in Sudan's contested NubaMountains have received seeds, tools and construction materials from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to rehabilitate agriculture and build dams, seedbanks and community nurseries.

sudan peace process has entered crucial, decisive phase,

secretary-general tells nairobi ceremony

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered by Mohamed Sahnoun, his Special Adviser, to the ceremony marking the formal launch of the final phase of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Peace Process on the Sudan, in Nairobi on 5 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY DEATHS OF TWO UN PEACEKEEPERS

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

Top UN relief official welcomes release of aid workers in Sudan

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 6 June (OCHA) -- The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Jan Egeland, welcomed today’s release of 16 humanitarian workers detained by the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) in North Darfur, Sudan.  They were released this morning and appear to be in good health and were not harmed while being held by the SLM/A.

Un emergency coordinator says $80-$100 MILLION STILL needed

FOR DARFUR, following geneva donors meeting

Geneva, 4 June (OCHA) -- Yesterday, the United Nations and key humanitarian organizations met with representatives of 36 countries, including the Government of the Sudan, and representatives of the African Union, European Union, and the League of Arab States.

Secretary-General DISMAYED BY VIOLENT ANTI-UN DEMONSTRATIONS

IN Democratic Republic of Congo

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

The Secretary-General is dismayed and deeply concerned at the news of violent demonstrations against the

press statement on Democratic Republic of Congo by Security Council president

Following is the press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo delivered today by Security Council President Lauro Baja (Philippines):

The members of the Security Council heard this morning a briefing by the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping on the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED BY OUTBREAK OF FIGHTING IN BUKAVU

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