Africa

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:

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:

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’

(Reissued as received.)

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

(Reissued as received.)

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.