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.

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE

Following is the press statement on Côte d’Ivoire delivered today by Security Council President Gunther Pleuger (Germany):

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT TO VISIT SIERRA LEONE

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS BEHROOZ SADRY OF IRAN DEPUTY SPECIAL

REPRESENTATIVE FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

ALARMING SHORTAGE OF NON-FOOD ITEMS TO COMBAT CRISIS

IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, UNITED NATIONS WARNS

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 14 February (UN Information Service) -– The United Nations today launched its mid-term review of the 2002/2003 Consolidated Appeal (CAP) for the humanitarian crisis in southern Africa, placing special emphasis on the urgent need for tens of millions of dollars’ worth of non-food items.

PRESS STATEMENT ON ANGOLA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press by Security Council President Gunter Pleuger (Germany):

Members of the Security Council welcomed the steps taken by the Government of Angola towards the full implementation of the Lusaka Protocol.