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AFR/342-SC/7170
10/10/2001
Press Release
AFR/342
SC/7170


PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL


Following is the text of today’s statement on the situation in Burundi by the President of the Security Council, Richard Ryan (Ireland):


Members of the Security Council heard a briefing by Under-Secretary-General [Kieran] Prendergast of the Department of Political Affairs regarding the situation in Burundi.

SG/SM/7989-AFG/154
09/10/2001
Press Release
SG/SM/7989
AFG/154


For release on delivery


ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE HAS CENTRAL ROLE IN DEVISING EFFECTIVE STRATEGY


TO COMBAT TERRORISM, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS


Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan (to be delivered by Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa) to the Organization of Islamic Conference Extraordinary Foreign Minister Conference in Doha on 10 October:

OBV/241-WOM/1299
09/10/2001
Press Release
OBV/241
WOM/1299


WOMEN’S ROLE IN COUNTERING NATURAL DISASTERS


International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction, 10 October


Every year, on the second Wednesday of October, the international community celebrates the International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction through global events to draw attention to measures which can be taken to reduce the negative impacts of natural disasters on vulnerable communities before disaster strikes.