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SG/SM/9099-AFR/804
29/12/2003
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. 

SG/SM/9096-AFR/802
26/12/2003
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:

AFR/801-HR/4720
23/12/2003
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.

SG/SM/9090-AFR/799
19/12/2003
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:

AFR/798-SAG/207
18/12/2003
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.

SG/SM/9079-AFR/796
15/12/2003
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: