Africa

UN COUNTRY TEAM TACKLES ETHIOPIA MALARIA OUTBREAK AS DISEASE THREATENS

TO EXACERBATE HIGH MALNUTRITION RATES

INSECURITY, POOR ROADS THWART HUMANITARIAN ACCESS AS CIVILIANS

SUFFER SHORTAGES IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS COTE D’IVOIRE ‘COULD SLIP BACK INTO CONFLICT’

IN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the meeting of the Security Councilwith the Ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Côte d’Ivoire at Headquarters, 24 November:

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