STATEMENT TO PRESS ON SOMALIA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

The following is today’s press statement on Somalia by Security Council President Martin Belinga-Eboutou (Cameroon):

Members of the Security Council welcome the launching in Eldoret Town, Kenya, of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) sponsored process for national reconciliation in Somalia.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON CAMEROON, NIGERIA TO RESPECT INTERNATIONAL

COURT OF JUSTICE’S JUDGMENT ON BORDER DISPUTE

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

The Secretary-General has taken note of the judgment delivered today by the International Court of Justice on the Bakassi border dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria.

RETURNING FROM DROUGHT-HIT ERITREA, EMERGENCY RELIEF

COORDINATOR CALLS FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE

ASMARA, 10 October -- Kenzo Oshima, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, wrapped up his

three-day mission to Eritrea today.  He had visited Eritrea at the request of the Secretary-General to observe first-hand the severe drought affecting the country and to report back.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NEW FORCE COMMANDER FOR UNITED NATIONS

MISSION IN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has today appointed Major-General Robert Gordon of the United Kingdom as the new Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE).  The Major-General is expected to arrive in the Mission area by late October 2002.

CRAFT LAWS THAT RESPOND TO NEEDS OF PEOPLE, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES

PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ON NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT

The following message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan was delivered to the Parliamentary Forum on the New Partnership for Africa's Development today by Zephirin Diabré, Associate Administrator, United Nations Development Programme:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES GRIEF AT SENEGAL FERRY DISASTER

This statement was issued on 28 September by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the news that hundreds of people are feared drowned after a Senegalese passenger ferry capsized off the coast of the Gambia in a violent storm.  He expresses his heartfelt condolences to the Government, families and friends of the victims.

SECRETARY-GENERAL AFFIRMS UN SUPPORT FOR SUBREGIONAL EFFORTS

TO RESOLVE CÔTE D'IVOIRE CRISIS

Following is a statement on the situation in Côte d'Ivoire by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General continues to follow with deep concern the developments in Côte d’Ivoire.

PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is last night’s press statement on Liberia by Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria), President of the Security Council:

Members of the Council received a briefing by Tuliameni Kalomoh, Assistant Secretary-General of the Department of Political Affairs, who updated them on the recent situation in Liberia.

PRESS STATEMENT ON SOMALIA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is last night's press statement on Somalia by Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria), President of the Security Council:

Members of the Council reaffirm their united and firm support for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)-sponsored reconciliation process on Somalia.