DHL DELIVERS HELP FOR GREAT APES OF TROPICAL AFRICA

Wildlife Officers in Guinea, Mali, Congo,

Sierra Leone, Senegal Get Urgently Needed Computers

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UN RESIDENT AND HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR CONDEMNS MURDERS

OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN SOMALIA

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NAIROBI, 26 January(OCHA) -– The UnitedNations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Maxwell Gaylard,today condemned the recent murders of innocent women and children inclan-related conflicts in southern Somalia.

PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on Burundi by Security Council President Heraldo Muñoz (Chile):

Members of the Security Council welcomed the discussions held from 18 to 21 January 2004, in Oisterwijk, Netherlands, between the President of the Burundian Republic, Mr Ndayizéyé, and a delegation of the Forces nationales de libération (Palipehutu-FNL).

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on the Central African Republic by Security Council President Heraldo Muñoz (Chile):

INTER-COMMUNAL CLASHES IN COTE D’IVOIRE INCREASE

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY INCREASED TENSION THREATENING

OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES IN SOMALIA

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

UN ACTS TO PREVENT WATER-BORNE DISEASE IN ZIMBABWE

SPECIAL ENVOY SEEKS AID FOR SUDANESE REFUGEES

7.2 MILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED FOOD AID IN ETHIOPIA, DESPITE GOOD HARVEST IN 2003

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ROME, 14 January (FAO/WFP) -- Despite a good harvest, 7.2 million people still require assistance to meet minimum food requirements in 2004, according to a joint report released today by two United Nations agencies.  Last year, 13.2 million Ethiopians needed food assistance.

GOOD GOVERNANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT WOULD ENCOURAGE

FOREIGN INVESTMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS WEST AFRICAN SUMMIT

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