Africa

AFRICAN FORUM 2001 TO FOCUS ON DEFINING PRIORITIES FOR REGIONAL INTEGRATION

(Reissued as received.)

ADDIS ABABA, 27 July (UN Information Service) -- The third African Development Forum (ADF 2001) organized by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), will take place from 9 to 13 December in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme "Defining Priorities for Regional Integration".

PEACE PROCESS IN DRC NOT YET IRREVERSIBLE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 24 July:

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

TO VISIT COUNTRY FROM 19 JULY TO 2 AUGUST

GENEVA, 20 July (UN Information Service) -- The Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Roberto Garretón (Chile), will visit the country from 19 July to 2 August.

OPENING STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

TO AFRICAN FORUM FOR INVESTMENT PROMOTION

GENEVA, 17 July (UN Information Service) -- Following is the opening statement by the President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Martin Belinga-Eboutou (Cameroon), at the plenary meeting of the African Forum for Investment Promotion on 16 July 2001 at the Palais des Nations:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO NEW SECRETARY-GENERAL

OF ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the appointment of Amara Essy, Côte d’Ivoire, as Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity (OAU):

SECRETARY-GENERAL EVOKES PROMISE INHERENT IN LAUNCH OF AFRICAN UNION

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Summit meeting of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) at Lusaka, 9 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS RECENT OFFENSIVES IN SUDAN CAUSE ‘MASSIVE DISRUPTION’

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES BEGINNINGS OF POLITICAL DIALOGUE

IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES FATAL ASSAULT ON NGO VEHICLE IN BURUNDI

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HOPE THAT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

WILL SUPPORT SIERRA LEONE DISARMAMENT PROGRAMME