AID AGENCIES STRUGGLE TO MEET NEEDS IN LIBERIA

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NEW YORK, 10 July (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Despite the relative calm stemming from a tenuous ceasefire in Monrovia, aid workers are struggling to meet the needs of Liberians.  Humanitarian agencies in Monrovia are constrained by an uncertain security environment coupled with shortages of both staff and supplies in the face of growing needs.

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN CALLS ON AFRICAN LEADERS TO POINT WAY TO TOLERANCE,

UNDERSTANDING AND PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT

Following are the remarks made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the African Union Heads of State prayer breakfast in Maputo, Mozambique on 10 July:

IN ADDRESS TO AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT, SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES MAJOR CHALLENGES,

URGENT AREAS WHERE AFRICA MUST ‘DEMONSTRATE OWNERSHIP THROUGH ACTION’

Following is the statement delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the African Union Summit in Maputo, Mozambique, on 10 July:

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:

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):

AID AGENCIES RESUME ACTIVITIES IN LIBERIA DURING LULL IN FIGHTING