PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today’s press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the President of the Security Council, Jagdish Koonjul (Mauritius):

Members of the Council welcomed the progress in the peace process and called on the parties to redouble their efforts to bring this process forward.

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY SUPPORTS SADC EFFORTS TO FACILITATE

FREE, FAIR ELECTIONS IN ZIMBABWE

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

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SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED AT DEATH OF LEOPOLD SEDAR-SENGHOR,

FIRST PRESIDENT OF SENEGAL

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of Leopold Sedar-Senghor:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED ABOUT NEGATIVE IMPACT OF FIGHTING IN LIBERIA

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

The Secretary-General has been following the recent upsurge in fighting between Liberian Government forces and armed elements in the north-western part of the country.

UN WELCOMES GROWING PARTNERSHIP WITH WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO DAKAR MEETING

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of this morning’s press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the President of the Security Council, Moctar Ougne (Mali):

ADDRESSING RWANDA CONFERENCE OF GENOCIDE SURVIVORS, SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES

‘THOSE WHO LIVE ON TO REMEMBER AND REBUILD’

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on illegal exploitation of the natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the President of the Security Council, Mignonette Patricia Durrant (Jamaica):

PRESS STATEMENT ON ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today’s press statement on Eritrea and Ethiopia by Mignonette Patricia Durrant (Jamaica), President of the Security Council:

Members of the Council held private meetings with the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Eritrea and Ethiopia respectively regarding the peace process.