SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUDAN GOVERNMENT DECISION TO HALT

AIR ATTACKS IN NUBA MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN SUDAN

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

MARKING THE 38^TH ANNIVERSARY OF SIGNING OF ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY CHARTER,

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT REVIEWS CONTINENT’S ACHIEVEMENTS, DISAPPOINTMENTS

Following is the statement by General Assembly President Harri Holkeri to mark the 38^th anniversary of the signing of the Organization of African Unity Charter, on the occasion of the commemoration of Africa Day, 24 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES OAU ON ITS THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY

Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annanto the meeting marking the thirty-eighth anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), delivered on the Secretary-General's behalf by Under-Secretary-General Ibrahim Gambari, Special Adviser on Africa:

FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME ON PEACE, DISARMAMENT

AND SECURITY IN AFRICA LAUNCHED

(Reissued as received, delayed in transmission.)

WFP SIGNALS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS UNFOLDING IN EASTERN CONGO;

NEED FOR URGENT AIRLIFT

(Reissued as received.)

STRONGER PREVENTION EFFORT NEEDED TO HALT HIV/AIDS, UN POPULATION FUND

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TELLS AFRICAN SUMMIT

ABUJA, Nigeria, 27 April (UNFPA) -— A stepped-up effort to prevent the spread of infection is the only way to end the scourge of HIV/AIDS, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said today in a statement to the African Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Related Infectious Diseases.

SECRETARY-GENERAL GREATLY DISTRESSED AT MURDERS OF SIX HUMANITARIAN

WORKERS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO COMOROS PARTIES TO ADHERE

TO FRAMEWORK RECONCILIATION AGREEMENT

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the situation in the Comoros:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DELIGHTED’ BY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES’ WITHDRAWAL

OF LEGAL ACTION AGAINST SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY SECURITY, HUMANITARIAN SITUATION

AT BORDERS BETWEEN GUINEA, LIBERIA, SIERRA LEONE

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