22/07/2002

Press Release SG/SM/8314 AFR/439

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PROGRESS IN PEACE TALKS ON SUDAN CONFLICT

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the progress made in the peace talks on the conflict in the Sudan, which have been taking place in Machakos, Kenya, under the auspices of the Sudan Peace Committee of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).

FOOD CRISIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA:  FAO CALLS FOR $25 MILLION

Emergency Projects Needed in Five Countries

UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES CONSOLIDATED NATIONAL APPEALS

FOR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

The United Nations today launched a $611 million humanitarian appeal to help secure food, medicine and other relief supplies for 13 million people on the brink of starvation in Southern Africa.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP

TO AVERT FAMINE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the launch of the Consolidated National Appeals for the Humanitarian Crisis in Southern Africa, delivered on his behalf by Kenzo Oshima, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, in New York on 18 July:

PRESS STATEMENTS ON BURUNDI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following are today’s press statements on Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the President of the Security Council, Jeremy Greenstock (United Kingdom):

Burundi

LATEST ECONOMIC REPORT ON AFRICA TO BE RELEASED 16 JULY

ADDIS ABABA, 12 July (ECA) -- The latest Economic Report on Africa (ERA 2002), the annual flagship publication of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) that provides a unique perspective on the continent’s socio-economic development progress, will be officially released on 16 July.

PRESS STATEMENT ON ETHIOPIA/ERITREA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the press statement on Ethiopia and Eritrea delivered on Friday, 12 July, by the President of the Security Council, Jeremy Greenstock (United Kingdom):

SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES ‘NEW IMAGE’ OF SIERRA LEONE AT INAUGURATION

OF PRESIDENT, OPENING OF PARLIAMENT

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ceremony marking the inauguration of the President of Sierra Leone and the opening of Parliament, delivered on his behalf in Freetown, Sierra Leone, by his Special Representative, Oluyemi Adeniji:

Mr. President,

PRESS STATEMENTS BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

ON SIERRA LEONE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

The following press statement was delivered today by Security Council President Jeremy Greenstock (United Kingdom):

We had a useful pair of private meetings this morning in the Security Council.  One on Sierra Leone, the other on the Central African Republic.

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONCERNING LIBERIA REMOVES THREE INDIVIDUALS FROM

LIST OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, ISSUES REVISED LIST

On 9 July, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1343 (2001) concerning Liberia approved the removal of the following three individuals from the list of persons affected by the measures contained in paragraph 7 of the resolution:

Mr. Omrie Golley

Mr. Romeo Horton