Press Release AFR/805 IHA/850 |
POOR RAINS DELAY PLANTING IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, SAYS UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICE
Press Release AFR/805 IHA/850 |
POOR RAINS DELAY PLANTING IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, SAYS UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICE
Press Release SG/SM/9099 AFR/804 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY BRUTAL MURDER OF APOSTOLIC NUNCIO IN BURUNDI
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General was deeply shocked and saddened to learn the news of the tragic death of Monsignor Michael Courtney, the Apostolic Nuncio in Burundi, who was brutally murdered during a road ambush today in Minago, about 50 kilometres south of Bujumbura in Bururi province.
Press Release SG/SM/9096 AFR/802 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES TRANSITIONAL AGREEMENT IN COMOROS
The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 24 December:
Press Release AFR/803 IHA/846 |
FIGHTING IN CENTRAL SOMALIA DISPLACES 1,500 FAMILIES
Press Release AFR/801 HR/4720 |
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO HEALTH CONCLUDES VISIT TO MOZAMBIQUE
(Reissued as received.)
GENEVA, 23 December -- Paul Hunt, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the right to health, has concluded a mission to Mozambique that lasted from 15 to 19 December. The mission took place at the invitation of the Government.
Press Release SG/SM/9090 AFR/799 |
GOOD GOVERNMANCE ESSENTIAL FOR POLITICAL STABILITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH
SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO WEST AFRICAN SUMMIT
Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, delivered by Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Chief of the United Nations Office for West Africa, in Accra, 19 December:
Press Release SC/7962 AFR/800 |
PRESS STATEMENT ON GUINEA-BISSAU BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
The following press statement was delivered today by Security Council President Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria):
Press Release AFR/798 SAG/207 |
DESERT LOCUST THREAT GROWING
FAO Locust Group Publishes New Report
(Reissued as received.)
ROME, 18 December (FAO)-- After a summer season of good rains and recent favourable rainfall, Desert Locust populations continue to increase and may threaten winter crops in north-west Africa and along the Red Sea, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns today.
Press Release AFR/797 SAG/205 |
FAO HONOURS NIGERIAN PRESIDENT FOR HIS EFFORTS TO BRING FOOD
SECURITY TO FOREFRONT OF AFRICAN POLITICAL AGENDA
(Reissued as received.)
Press Release SG/SM/9079 AFR/796 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL POINTS OUT AREAS FOR MUTUAL ASSISTANCE
IN MESSAGE TO CHINA-AFRICA COOPERATION FORUM
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Second Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation delivered in Addis Ababa today, 15 December 2003, by Zéphirin Diabré, Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator, United Nations Development Programme: