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AFR/334-HR/4548

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO TO VISIT COUNTRY FROM 19 JULY TO 2 AUGUST

23/07/2001
Press Release
AFR/334
HR/4548


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.

AFR/333-ECOSOC/5978

OPENING STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO AFRICAN FORUM FOR INVESTMENT PROMOTION

19/07/2001
Press Release
AFR/333
ECOSOC/5978


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:

SG/SM/7886-AFR/332

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO NEW SECRETARY-GENERAL OF ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY

10/07/2001
Press Release
SG/SM/7886
AFR/332


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):

SG/SM/7884-AFR/331

SECRETARY-GENERAL EVOKES PROMISE INHERENT IN LAUNCH OF AFRICAN UNION

09/07/2001
Press Release
SG/SM/7884
AFR/331


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: