Africa

MUCH GREATER EFFORTS NEEDED, OR ‘FEW AFRICAN COUNTRIES WILL MEET EVEN SOME’

MILLENNIUM GOALS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS TOKYO CONFERENCE ON AFRICA

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the third Tokyo International Conference on African Development, delivered today by Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES FOLLOWING

HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

DESPITE LIBERIA’S PEACE AGREEMENT, RIGHTS VIOLATIONS PERSIST

IN TROUBLED ‘POCKETS OF INSECURITY’, SAYS UN COORDINATOR

MONROVIA, 25 September (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- The Special Humanitarian Coordinator for Liberia, Ross Mountain, today expressed his concern for civilians who, despite the signing of a peace agreement, continue to be subjected to serious human rights violations in north-central Liberia.

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS NEW SUDAN FRAMEWORK SECURITY AGREEMENTS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO,

SAYS REAL HOPE EXISTS FOR PEACE, BUT ENORMOUS CHALLENGES LIE AHEAD

Following is the opening statement delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the high-level meeting on the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

SPECIAL HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR LIBERIA CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE END

TO USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS, KEY ELEMENT FOR LONG-TERM PEACE

MONROVIA, 22 September (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- The United Nations Special Humanitarian Coordinator for Liberia, Ross Mountain, today backed a call from the Security Council for all parties to the conflict to immediately cease their use of child soldiers.

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LIBERIA: BETTER ACCESSIN LIBERIAREVEALS ACUTE HUMANIATARIANAINNEEDS

2 MILLION ANGOLAN FARMERS TO GET SEEDS, TOOLS IN FAO’S LARGEST AFRICAN OPERATION

(Reissued as received.)

ROME/NAIROBI, 19 September (FAO) -- Almost 2 million Angolans will receive agricultural emergency assistance in the next few weeks before the start of the rainy season, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.

HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE IN GUINEA REPORTS INCREASING

NUMBERS OF REFUGEES CROSSING BORDER FROM LIBERIA