Africa

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:

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.

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:

DISASTER LOOMS OVER DrOUGHT-STRUCK NORTHERN SOMALIA

(Reissued as received.)

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. 

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.

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: