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SG/SM/9425
20/07/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9425

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR GENEROUS COMMITMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY


TO HELP HAITI THROUGH DIFFICULT TRANSITION, IN MESSAGE TO DONORS CONFERENCE


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the International Donors Conference on Haiti, delivered by Juan Gabriel Valdes, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, in Washington, D.C., 20 July:

AFR/997-IHA/925
19/07/2004
Press Release
AFR/997
IHA/925


NUMBER OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS INCREASES IN DARFUR,

SAYS UN HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE


NEW YORK, 19 July (OCHA) -– Last month, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Darfur grew by approximately 100,000.  As of 1 July, there were more than 1 million IDPs in the region.  Progress has been made in meeting their needs, although significant gaps remain.