Africa

ON ESTABLISHMENT OF UN OPERATION IN BURUNDI, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS COUNTRY’S

LEADERS, PEOPLE MUST ACCELERATE EFFORTS ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY REFORM

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

in message to ‘handover’ ceremony for un operation in burundi, Secretary-General

pledges to work ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with people to build better future

Following is the message by the Secretary-General Kofi Annan, read out by Berhanu Dinka, Special Representative for Burundi, at the handover ceremony from the African Mission in Burundi to the United Nations Operation in Burundi, in Bujumbura today:

Monitoring deep-water fish stocks off WestAfricancoast -- Countries

to report on fishing of non-tuna species inhabiting ‘sea mounts’

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ROME, 31 May (FAO) -- A regional fishing body of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has decided that its members should begin reporting on capture levels of non-tuna species taken in high-seas waters off the western coast of Africa.

DISASTER LOOMS OVER DrOUGHT-STRUCK NORTHERN SOMALIA

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UN RESPONDS TO HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NIGERIA

NEW YORK, 26 May (OCHA) -- In the wake of inter-communal violence that has reportedly left nearly 500 dead and some 50,000 displaced, United Nations humanitarian agencies are bringing aid to people in Bauchi and NassarawaStates.

UN EXPERT DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN DARFUR

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 27 May (UN Information Service) -- The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, is deeply concerned about the situation of human rights defenders in the Sudan and particularly those working in the Darfur region. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUDAN POLITICAL, POWER-SHARING AGREEMENTS

AS ‘MAJOR STEP FORWARD’, URGES PROGRESS ON DARFUR

Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

AFRICAN UNION’S PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL POWERFUL TOOL FOR CONFLICT

PREVENTION, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT INAUGURATION CEREMONY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the official ceremony marking the inauguration of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, in Addis Ababa today:

celebrating africa day, speakers applaud steps taken to promote peace,

security, reiterate support for continent’s development

Step by step, Africa was constructing an architecture of institutions to promote peace and security on the continent, Secretary-General Kofi Annan declared this morning during a ceremony marking the forty-first anniversary of Africa Day.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS TO AFRICA DAY CEREMONY, CALLS

FOR INTENSIFIED EFFORTS TO SOLVE AFRICA’S PROBLEMS

Following are the remarks delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a Headquarters ceremony for Africa Day: