PRESS STATEMENT ON SITUATION IN BURUNDI BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Burundi by Security Council President Inocencio Arias (Spain):

Members of the Security Council heard a briefing from the Secretariat on the situation in Burundi and expressed their deep concern over the latest resumption of hostilities and the deterioration of the humanitarian situation.

Biographical Note

UN, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF LA FRANCOPHONIE SHARE GOALS OF CONFLICT

PREVENTION, DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Assembly of French-Speaking Parliamentarians, in Niamey, Niger, 6-9 July:

FAO SUPPORTS REBEL- AND GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED AREAS IN SUDAN

WITH SEEDS AND TOOLS -– MORE ASSISTANCE NEEDED

(Reissued as received.)

ROME,8 July (FAO)-- For the first time, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has successfully delivered a substantial amount of seeds and tools by road to previously inaccessible rebel-held areas in the Nuba Mountains in southern Sudan, according to a statement released today.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LIBERIAN PRESIDENT TAYLOR’S

DECISION TO RESIGN AND LEAVE LIBERIA

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

AID AGENCIES RESUME ACTIVITIES IN LIBERIA DURING LULL IN FIGHTING

PRESS STATEMENT ON TRANSITION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on the transition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security Council President Inocencio F. Arias (Spain):

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT NAMING MINISTERS

OF NEW GOVERNMENT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

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PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security CouncilPresident Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation):