Africa

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS BEGINS FOUR-DAY VISIT

TO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of the press statement on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo delivered by Security CouncilPresident Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins (Angola): 

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RELEASE OF ADDITIONAL

300 WAR PRISONERS BY FRENTE POLISARIO

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

HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE CONTINUES SECURITY ASSESSMENTS IN LIBERIA

NEW YORK, 11 November (OCHA) -- Over the weekend, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Liberia fielded an inter-agency security and protection mission to assess the security situation in Gbarnga and Zorzor prior to United Nations and non-governmental organization intervention in the area.

HEAD OF UN HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE VISITS NORTHERN UGANDA,

SAYS ‘DEEPLY SHOCKED’ BY ‘WAR AGAINST CHILDREN’

FOOD SECURITY REMAINS CRITICAL IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

SAYS UN HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE

DISPLACEMENT RISES, ACCESS DECLINES IN SUDAN, SAYS UN HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PLANNED MEETING ON COTE D’IVOIRE

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI

Following is the press statement on Burundi delivered today by Security Council President Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins (Angola):

The members of the Security Council,

THOUSANDS DISPLACED AS NEW FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN CONGOLESE

MILITIA AND RWANDAN REBEL GROUP

NEW YORK, 4 November (OCHA) -- Fighting that erupted on Friday between the Mayi-Mayi militia and a Rwandan rebel group in South Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, has resulted in the displacement of thousands of civilians.