General Assembly president, marking decade of south african freedom,

says un gave international direction to anti-apartheid struggle

The following is the text of remarks by the President of the General Assembly, His Excellency Julian R. Hunte at the commemorative meeting for 10 years of freedom in South Africa: the role of the United Nations, today, 27 April 2004:

locust threat puts Moroccan citrus crop at risk

$17 Million Needed for Control Campaigns

(Reissued as received.)

Rome, 27 April (FAO) -- Despite intensive control efforts, the threat of desert locusts in West and North-West Africa remains “extremely serious”, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.

secretary-general encouraged by agreement for talks on darfur region of sudan

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

HUMAN RIGHTS FACT-FINDING MISSION ON SITUATION IN DARFUR LEAVES GENEVA

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 21 April (OHCHR) -- A fact-finding team from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) left Geneva late yesterday for the Sudan to continue its enquiries into the situation of human rights in the Darfur region of the country.

HUMANITARIAN GROUPS RESPOND TO NEEDS OF migrants expelled from angola

INto WESTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

DARFUR:  HUMANITARIAN NEEDS INCREASE AS RELIEF SUPPLIES DWINDLE

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS LOOMING IN WESTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

NEW YORK, 19 April (OCHA) -- A humanitarian crisis is looming as more than 40,000 Congolese have been expelled from Angola into desperate conditions in the Bandundu and WesternKasaiProvinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

PROSECUTOR RECEIVES REFERRAL OF SITUATION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

(Reissued as received.)

disarmament COMMENCES IN LIBERIA, PAVES WAY FOR GREATER

HUMANITARIAN ACCESS, ASSISTANCE

MONROVIA, 16 April (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Ex-combatants of Liberia’s three armed factions took forward steps yesterday towards contributing to the future peace and stability of the war-torn country by surrendering their weapons, during the resumption of disarmament activities administered by United Nations peacekeeping forces.