NEW YORK/GENEVA, 7 June (OCHA) -- The United Nations is appealing for $377.7 million to address the immediate needs of 13.4 million people affected by the drought in the Horn of Africa. Three consecutive years of poor rains and crop failures have exhausted the coping mechanisms of populations in the region.
The Secretary-General travelled to Atlanta, Georgia, on the afternoon of Wednesday, 31 May.
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Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly special session Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century on 5 June:
Following are the remarks made today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the Non-Governmental Organization Public Event held at the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza to mark the opening of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly:
