Africa

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:

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.

AFRICAN FINANCE MINISTERS SET JULY TARGET FOR TRADE CONCESSIONS

(Reissued as received.)

KAMPALA, 23 May (ECA) -– African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development have ended their annual conference demanding that rich countries remove obstacles holding up international trade negotiations by July.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUDAN’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF STEPS

TO FACILITATE HUMANITARIAN ACCESS TO DARFUR REGION

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SECURITY COUNCIL DECISION

TO ESTABLISH UN OPERATION IN BURUNDI

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

Disarmament workshops address issues of transparEncy,

small arms in ‘Nairobi declaration’ countries

WITH RETURN OF PEACE, TIME HAD COMEFORMANORIVER UNION COUNTRIES

TO ACCELERATE DEVELOPMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CONAKRY SUMMIT

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Summit of Heads of State of the Mano River Union, delivered today in Conakry, Guinea, by Daudi Ngelautwa Mwakawago, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sierra Leone and Chief of Mission:

secretary-general deeply concerned by disturbing turn of events in côte d’ivoire

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