MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY ‘MUST BE SEIZED’ BY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council's meeting on the Democratic Republic of Congo on 2 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY SEEKS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT

TO BREAK CYCLE OF DROUGHT AND FAMINE IN HORN OF AFRICA

GENEVA, 30 January (OCHA) -- The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the drought in the Greater Horn of Africa, Catherine Bertini, today launched an inter-agency appeal of $353 million to cover the needs of 13 million people affected by the drought in five countries in the Horn of Africa.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY DEATH OF PRESIDENT KABILA

OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

                                                      SG/SM/7683/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT, SAYS

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT NOT A LOST CAUSE

Focuses on Need for Improved Governance,

Education, as well as Debt Relief and Market Access

This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Yaoundé, Cameroon, today to the Africa-France Summit:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES 15 JANUARY CREATION

OF ‘EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY’

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

                                                            SG/SM/7674

                                                            SG/SM/7665

Press Release
AFR/268
SC/6921

SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS PRIVATE MEETING ON SITUATION IN SOMALIA; HEARS BRIEFING BY ISMAIL OMAR GUELLEH, PRESIDENT OF DJIBOUTI

Council Urged to Give Serious Consideration To UN Post-Conflict Peace-Building Mission in Somalia

Press Release
AFR/260
DC/2720

SUBREGIONAL CONFERENCE ON REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN CENTRAL AFRICA TO BE HELD IN BURUNDI, 14-16 AUGUST

Conference to be Followed by Fourteenth Ministerial Meeting of Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa, 16-19 August