UN SPECIAL ENVOY SAYS PROTECTION, REHABILITATION OF CHILDREN

SHOULD BE TOP PRIORITY IN CONGO

Calls for Complete Halt to Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO DISPATCH SPECIAL ENVOY TO CONFLICT-PLAGUED

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS STEPHEN LEWIS AS SPECIAL ENVOY

FOR HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA

The Secretary-General has appointed Stephen Lewis as his Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa.

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS REMAINING CHALLENGES

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO PEACE PROCESS

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annanto today's meeting of the Security Council to examine the report of the Council mission to the Great Lakes region:

IN WAKE OF YESTERDAY’S COUP ATTEMPT, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON PEOPLE

OF CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC TO RESPECT DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS

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

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.)