Africa

STRENGTHENED UN PRESENCE IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE WILL FACILITATE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE,

RESTORATION OF STATE AUTHORITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council meeting on Côte d’Ivoire today:

UNCTAD STUDY ON AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT CALLS FOR EASING

BURDEN OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE

UN REPORT SAYS THOUSANDS IN SOMALIA THREATENED BY FOOD SHORTAGES

NEW YORK, 27 February (OCHA) -- More than 200,000 people in Somalia's northern and central regions face extreme food shortages due to a prolonged drought considered the worst in 30 years, a new report has warned.

UN CONDEMNS DELIBERATE AND CONCERTED ATTACK

ON AID WORKERS IN SOUTHERN SUDAN

SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS UN’S CONTINUED COMMITMENT AS AFRICAN UNION

BEGINS CONSOLIDATING COMMON STRATEGY FOR PEACE, SECURITY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the extraordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union, in Sirte, 27 February, delivered by Tuliameni Kalomoh, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs.

RELIEF SUPPLIES BEING STOLEN FROM RECIPIENTS IN SUDAN

NEW YORK, 27 February (OCHA) -– Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan’s Darfur region report that armed militias are robbing them of the aid they have received from United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations.

MILLIONS OF CHILDREN’S FUTURE BLIGHTED BY FUNDING CRISIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

GENEVA, 26 February (OCHA) -– The future of millions of children in six southern African countries is being put in jeopardy by a massive lack of funds and international support for crucial aid projects, according to a warning issued today by eight United Nations agencies at the launch of the Mid Term Review of the Consolidated Appeal for southern Africa.

HEALTH AGENCIES ANNOUNCE EMERGENCY CAMPAIGN AGAINST YELLOW FEVER IN LIBERIA

(Reissued as received.)

MONROVIA, 24 February (OCHA) -– International health agencies announced Tuesday that they were joining forces with the Liberian Government to combat a yellow fever emergency in this bruised and battered land.

UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN TEAM LEAVES FOR SUDAN

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN MISSION ARRIVES IN LIRA, UGANDA

(Reissued as received.)