PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):

Members of the Council welcome the agreement reached among Congolese parties in Pretoria.  They stressed the importance of the transitional Government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo being established as soon as possible.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED AT AGREEMENT BY PARTIES TO INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOGUE

BUT EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER RECENT HEAVY FIGHTING REGARDING BUNIA

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

CÔTE D’IVOIRE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION DECLINES, AS POLITICAL IMPASSE CONTINUES

PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the statement to the press on Liberia, delivered today by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS G-8 CONTACT GROUP ON FOOD SECURITY

IN AFRICA THAT CONTINENT FACES DEADLY BURDENS

Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening meeting of the G-8 Contact Group on Food Security in Africa in New York:

I am pleased to welcome you to the United Nations for this first meeting of your contact group.

PRESS STATEMENT ON GUINEA-BISSAU BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the statement to the press on Guinea-Bissau, delivered today by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):

Members of the Security Council heard a briefing by David Stephen, Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation in Guinea-Bissau.

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ACCESS LIMITATIONS IN ANGOLA PLACE314,000 IN CRITICAL NEED

      NEW YORK,4 March (OCHA) --The United Nations Office for the Coordina tion of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Angola, where the United Nations runs one of the largest relief operations in the world, reports that the needs of some

UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT APPLAUDS PROGRESS

IN PROTECTION OF SIERRA LEONE’S CHILDREN

AFRICAN CINEMA CAN HELP MOBILIZE RESOURCES, ENERGY NEEDED TO REACH

MILLENNIUM GOALS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan to the eighteenth Pan-African Film and Television Festival in Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso (22 February -- 3 March):

HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES FACE DIFFICULTIES AS CIVILIANS TARGETED IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

NEW YORK, 24 February (OCHA) -- As continuing instability limits their access to people in need, humanitarian agencies in Côte d’Ivoire are receiving consistent reports of abuses against civilians.  Shortages of food and access to health care are also taking their toll on civilians caught in conflict.