Africa

STATEMENT ON AFRICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF MARKET

ACCESS FOR REGION’S INTEGRATION INTO GLOBAL ECONOMY

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL MOURNS DEATH OF DAVID DACKO,

FIRST PRESIDENT OF CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the death of the former President of the Central African Republic, David Dacko:

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FOOD-BASED APPROACHES FOR HEALTHIER NUTRITION

IN WEST AFRICA OPENS IN OUAGADOUGOU, 23 NOVEMBER

ROME/OUAGADOUGOU, 21 November (FAO) -- "Food-based approaches for a healthy nutrition in West Africa; the role of food technologists and nutritionists" is the theme of an international workshop to be held from 23 to 28 November in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

LANDMINES, POOR ROADS, HEAVY RAINS HAMPER AID EFFORTS

FOR VICTIMS OF DECADES-LONG ANGOLAN CIVIL WAR

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT MARKS AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY

WITH CALL FOR REGION’S INTEGRATION INTO GLOBAL ECONOMY

Following is the text of the message by Julian Robert Hunte (Saint Lucia), President of the General Assembly, on the occasion of Africa Industrialization Day, 20 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, URGING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR GREAT LAKES

CONFERENCE, CALLS FOR WIDE, SUSTAINED PARTICIPATION

Addressing Security Council, He Emphasizes Need

For Regional Approach to Consolidate National Peace Processes

Following is the text of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s statement at the meeting of the Security Council on the Great Lakes today, 20 November:

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN COTE D’IVOIRE COULD WORSEN

AS ETHNIC, POLITICAL VIOLENCE PREVENTS ACCESS

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES KEY ROLE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION IN AFRICA’S EFFORTS

TO ACHIEVE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, INTEGRATE INTO GLOBAL ECONOMY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Africa Industrialization Day, 20 November:

PAN AFRICAN CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS HOW TO MEET AFRICA'S WATER GOALS

ADDIS ABABA, 17 November (ECA) -- Delegates from about 43 African countries will attend the first Pan African Implementation and Partnership Conference on Water (PANAFCON) in Addis Ababa from 8-13 December 2003, a statement from the UN-Water/Africa Secretariat, based at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), said today.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPATRIATION OF OVER 100 RWANDAN REBELS

FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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