| Press Release AFR/1012 IHA/936 |
UNITED NATIONS REACHES INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
BY AIR IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
| Press Release SG/SM/9452 |
REMARKS BY SECRETARY-GENERAL INTRODUCING BRAZILIAN
CULTURE MINISTER GILBERTO GIL AT CONCERT
Following are the remarks delivered in Geneva today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan when he introduced Brazilian Culture Minister Gilberto Gil at the concert marking the first anniversary of the attack on United Nations headquarters in Baghdad:
| Press Release AFR/1011 SAG/285 |
LOCUST SITUATION WORSENS IN MAURITANIA AND MALI
FAO, African Union Heads Inspect Devastation First-Hand
(Reissued as received.)
ROME, 18 August (FAO) -- West Africa is facing a worsening locust crisis as more swarms arrive in Mauritania, Mali and Niger, according to the latest update issued by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
| Press Release SC/8169 |
Security Council
| Press Release SG/SM/9447 |
Secretary-General welcomes peaceful, orderly conduct
of recall referendum in Venezuela
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release NGO/545 PI/1604 |
NEW DPI/NGO INTERACTIVE WEB SITE TO HIGHLIGHT PROCEEDINGS
OF UPCOMING NGO CONFERENCE
| Press Release SG/SM/9448 |
on myanmar, Secretary-General calls for immediate release of daw aung san suu kyi,
engagement in ‘substantive dialogue’ with nld, other political parties
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/9446 AFR/1010 |
Secretary-General ‘SHOCKED AND OUTRAGED’ BY MASSACRE
OF CIVILIAN REFUGEES IN BURUNDI
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SC/8168 |
IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS MASSACRE IN BURUNDI
OF REFUGEES FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
The Security Council this evening condemned with “the utmost firmness” the massacre of refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which occurred in Gatumba, Burundi on 13 August. [In that attack, more than 160 people were killed, and 101 others were wounded.]
| Press Release SOC/NAR/914 |
UN STUDYONAFGHANISTAN’S ‘OPIUM ECONOMY’ WINS AWARD
(Reissued as received.)
VIENNA, 13 August (UN Information Service) -- “The Opium Economy in Afghanistan: An International Problem”, a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) publication, has won the “Notable Government Documents 2003” award, presented by the Library Journal, a publication of the American Library Association.
