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:

                                                      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. 

IVOIRIAN LEADERS OF ALL PARTIES MUST ENSURE RESPECT FOR RULE OF LAW,

HUMAN RIGHTS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening of the Conference of Heads of State on Côte d’Ivoire in Paris on 25 January:

            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):

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

FOCUS OF DISCUSSION AT HEADQUARTERS MEETING