SG/SM/8589/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERALURGES THOROUGH REFORM OF IVORIAN DEFENCE, SECURITY FORCES

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to the meeting on the follow-up mechanisms for the peace agreement on Côte d’Ivoire in Paris, on 25 January:

Nous sommes réunis ici aujourd’hui pour entériner l’accord mettant fin au conflit qui ravage la Côte d’Ivoire depuis plusieurs mois. 

            AFR/545

            AIDS/49

            IHA/750

            21 January 2003

HEADS OF MAJOR HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES CALL FOR ACTION TO ADDRESS

SOUTHERN AFRICA’S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Liberia by Security Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière:

Members of the Council heard a briefing by Youssef Mahmoud, Director,

Africa II Division, and discussed the situation in Liberia.

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement made today on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security Council President Jean-Marc de la Sablière:

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON SIERRA LEONE

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on the Central African Republic made today by Security Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière (France):

PRESS STATEMENT ON ETHIOPIA/ERITREA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Ethiopia/Eritrea made today by Security Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière (France):

AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, NEEDS OF WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES

FOCUS OF DISCUSSION AT HEADQUARTERS MEETING

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES NEW KENYAN PRESIDENT,

COMMENDS WELL ORGANIZED, CREDIBLE ELECTORAL PROCESS

The following statement, issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, was also issued earlier in Nairobi: