Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE

Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Albert Tevoedjre of Benin as his Special Envoy for Côte d’Ivoire today.

PROTECTION OF WAR-AFFECTED CHILDREN ENDORSED BY WEST AFRICAN LEADERS

UN HUMANITARIAN ENVOY FOR CRISIS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE VISITS GUINEA

NEW YORK, 4 February (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)   -- In Guinea today, Carolyn McAskie, the Secretary-General’s Humanitarian Envoy for the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire, is continuing her assessment of the impact of the crisis on neighbouring countries.

UN HUMANITARIAN ENVOY FOR CRISIS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE VISITS LIBERIA

NEW YORK, 3 February (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Carolyn McAskie, t he Secretary-General’sHumanitarian Envoy for the Crisis in Cô te d’Ivoire, concluded a three-day mission to Liberia today. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS VIOLENCE, APPEALS FOR CALM IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE;

SAYS RECENT AGREEMENT SHOULD BE ‘FIRST STEP TOWARDS PEACE’

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

UN HUMANITARIAN ENVOY FOR CRISIS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE VISITS GHANA

NEW YORK, 30 January (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)

-- The Secretary-General’s Humanitarian Envoy for the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire, Carolyn McAskie, continued her visit to the region with a stop in Ghana today.

PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on Burundi by Security Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière (France):

ECONOMIC WOES AND LACK OF RAIN SET TO WORSEN HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE

PRESS STATEMENT ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Côte d’Ivoire by Security Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière (France):

KOFI ANNAN CALLS FOR STRENGTHENING OF COOPERATION BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS

AND CENTRAL AFRICA IN PEACEKEEPING AND SECURITY

Following is the text of the message from the Secretary-General to the Summit of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), held in Libreville on 21 and 22 January 2003, which was read out by General Lamine Cissé, Representative of the Secretary-General in the Central African Republic: