Press Release

POLLUTION-BUSTING PROJECT UNVEILED FOR WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN

Clean Up of Coastal Waters Offers New Hope to Region’s People and Wildlife

(Reissued as received.)

ANTANANARIVO/NAIROBI, 6 July (UNEP) -- A multi-million-dollar project aimed at cutting pollution in the Western Indian Ocean was announced today at a meeting of environment ministers in the Madagascar capital of Antananarivo.

AFRICA CANNOT DEVELOP UNLESS WOMEN EXERCISE REAL POWER, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO ADDIS ABABA SESSION

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the African Union session on gender in Addis Ababa, 6 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS LEADERS OF GABON, EQUATORIAL GUINEA

FOR AGREEMENT TO PEACEFULLY RESOLVE BORDER DISPUTE

Following is the text of comments by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the signing ceremony between Gabon and Equatorial Guinea of an agreement to peacefully resolve their border dispute, in Addis Ababa, today:

africa’s ‘new democratic spirit’ must spread, strengtHen, says Secretary-General

to african union, while warning of threat posed by darfur crisis

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, 6 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR ‘UNIQUELY AFRICAN GREEN REVOLUTION’ IN 21^ST CENTURY,

TO END CONTINENT’S PLAGUE OF HUNGER, IN ADDIS ABABA REMARKS

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening remarks at a high-level event on Innovative Approaches to Meeting the Hunger Millennium Development Goal in Africa:  “Africa’s Green Revolution: A Call to Action”, in Addis Ababa, 5 July:

Successful cooperation among caribbean countries ‘an inspiring model’ for other

regions, says Secretary-General in message to caricom meeting

SECRETARY-GENERAL MOURNS LOSS OF SIERRA LEONE MISSION

PERSONNEL IN HELICOPTER CRASH ON 29 JUNE

Secretary-General mourns loss of Sierra Leone Mission

Personnel in helicopter crash on 29 june

FIRST GLOBAL MEETING OF ORGANIC PRODUCERS, SEED INDUSTRY

To Discuss Issues of Organic Seed

Production, Quality, Certification, Market Access

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 5 July (FAO) -- The seed industry and organic producers will meet for the first time to discuss the importance of organic seeds for international organic markets, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.

ARAB WOMEN TO LAUNCH CALL FOR PEACE AT BEIJING+10 REGIONAL

CONFERENCE IN BEIRUT, 8-10 JULY