Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

In progress at UNHQ

Africa

SC/7949-AFR/794

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

11/12/2003
Press Release
SC/7949
AFR/794


PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO


Following is today’s statement to the press by Security Council President Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria):


The members of the Security Council heard a statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

AFR/792-IHA/842

HUMANITARIAN ENVOY NOTES PROGRESS IN COTE D’IVOIRE

10/12/2003
Press Release
AFR/792
IHA/842


HUMANITARIAN ENVOY NOTES PROGRESS IN COTE D’IVOIRE


ABIDJAN, 10 December (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- “It is important that the parties to the conflict in Côte d’Ivoire now move forward and work together in order for the whole country to return to normality”, said Carolyn McAskie, the Humanitarian Envoy of the Secretary-General for the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire. 

AFR/788-IHA/839

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S ENVOY DISCUSSES HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

08/12/2003
Press Release
AFR/788
IHA/839


SECRETARY-GENERAL’S ENVOY DISCUSSES HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE


NEW YORK, 8 December (OCHA) -- Ms. Carolyn McAskie, the Secretary-General’s Humanitarian Envoy for the Crisis in Côte d’Ivoire, arrived in Abidjan yesterday, 7 December, for a fourth follow-up and evaluation mission.

AFR/786-SAG/198

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA CROP PROSPECTS MIXED, SAYS FAO REPORT

08/12/2003
Press Release
AFR/786
SAG/198


SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA CROP PROSPECTS MIXED, SAYS FAO REPORT


23 Countries Face Food Shortages, Others Expect Bumper Harvests


ROME, 8 December (FAO) -- Though some regions in sub-Saharan Africa can expect bumper crops, food shortages are forecast in 23 countries throughout the continent, according to the Africa Report released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)*.