PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

The following press statement by Security Council President Martin Belinga-Eboutou (Cameroon) was delivered on 15 October:

Council members once again condemn the Itaba massacre and encourage the Government of Burundi to continue its fact-finding efforts and to bring the perpetrators to justice, as well as to ensure respect for human rights in Burundi.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES OPENING OF SOMALI

NATIONAL RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE IN KENYA

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

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.

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.

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.

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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.