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SC/7119

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON PAPUA NEW GUINEA/BOUGAINVILLE

14/08/2001
Press Release
SC/7119


PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON PAPUA NEW GUINEA/BOUGAINVILLE


Following is the text of today’s press statement on Papua New Guinea/Bougainville by the President of the Security Council, Alfonso Valdivieso (Colombia):


Members of the Security Council heard a briefing from the Head of the United Nations Political Office in Bougainville.


This was the first time Council members had discussed the situation in Bougainville since March 2001.

SG/SM/7915

SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM

14/08/2001
Press Release
SG/SM/7915


SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM


Following is the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the

32nd Pacific Islands Forum, meeting in Nauru from 14 to 21 August, delivered on his behalf by Beng Yong Chew, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Division, Department of Political Affairs:

SG/SM/7916

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS UNITA ATTACK ON TRAIN IN ANGOLA

14/08/2001
Press Release
SG/SM/7916


SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS UNITA ATTACK ON TRAIN IN ANGOLA


Following is the text of a statement issued today attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:


The Secretary-General condemns the deliberate attack on a train, on

10 August in which a very high number of civilians were killed.  He notes that UNITA has claimed, and therefore bears the responsibility, for this indefensible loss of life.

IHA/732

RELIEFWEB OFFICE IN JAPAN OPENED BY UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR

14/08/2001
Press Release
IHA/732


RELIEFWEB OFFICE IN JAPAN OPENED BY UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR


24-Hour Coverage Now Available


NEW YORK/GENEVA, 14 August (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- On 16 August, Mr. Kenzo Oshima, Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, will open the Asian office of ReliefWeb in the Asia Disaster Reduction Center in Kobe, Japan.

SG/A/776

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL WINAI PHATTIYAKUL APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER OF UN TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN EAST TIMOR

13/08/2001
Press Release
SG/A/776


LIEUTENANT-GENERAL WINAI PHATTIYAKUL APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER


OF UN TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN EAST TIMOR


Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Lieutenant-General Winai Phattiyakul as Force Commander of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, to succeed Lieutenant-General BoonsrangNiumpradit who will relinquish the command on 31 August.