PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON BURUNDI

Following is the text of today's statement on Burundi by the President of the Security Council, Alfonso Valdivieso (Colombia).

Members of the Security Council reiterated support for the decisions adopted on 23 July by the Fifteenth Summit of the Regional Initiative on Burundi and for the efforts of the Arusha Facilitator, Nelson Mandela, and of Deputy President Zuma.

Background

HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT FOR MANAGUA MEETING ON MINE-BAN CONVENTION SIGNED

PROSPECTS OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT MOVING AHEAD

IN 2001 ARE NOT ENCOURAGING, PRESIDENT SAYS

(Reissued as received)

HUNGER THREATENS HALF MILLION SOMALIS

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI, 22 August (WFP) -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that more than half a million Somalis face a serious food crisis, following the almost total failure of the main rains in southern Somalia.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Oslo late in the afternoon on Sunday, 19 August, to begin a two-day official visit in Norway, where he and his wife, Nane, had just spent a few days holidays.

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PEOPLE OF EAST TIMOR TO VOTE IN ELECTION ON 30 AUGUST

Following is the text of a video message to the people of East Timor by Secretary-General Kofi Annan.  The message is to be aired widely in East Timor throughout the campaign period, in advance of elections on 30 August.

JOINT GROUP OF EXPERTS ON SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION HOLDS THIRTY-FIRST SESSION

Evaluate Group’s Impact, Role in Assessment of Marine Environment

Security Council

Resumed 4357^th Meeting (PM)

AS SECURITY COUNCIL CONCLUDES MIDEAST DEBATE, SPEAKERS URGE

ACTION BEFORE SITUATION BECOMES UNMANAGEABLE

STATEMENT TO PRESS BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

ON MISSING KUWAITI AND THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS

Following is the text of a statement made to the press today by Security Council President Alfonso Valdivieso (Colombia):