STRONGER PREVENTION EFFORT NEEDED TO HALT HIV/AIDS, UN POPULATION FUND

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TELLS AFRICAN SUMMIT

ABUJA, Nigeria, 27 April (UNFPA) -— A stepped-up effort to prevent the spread of infection is the only way to end the scourge of HIV/AIDS, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said today in a statement to the African Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Related Infectious Diseases.

SECRETARY-GENERAL GREATLY DISTRESSED AT MURDERS OF SIX HUMANITARIAN

WORKERS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DELIGHTED’ BY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES’ WITHDRAWAL

OF LEGAL ACTION AGAINST SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY SECURITY, HUMANITARIAN SITUATION

AT BORDERS BETWEEN GUINEA, LIBERIA, SIERRA LEONE

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES CONTINUATION OF TROOP WITHDRAWAL

FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED AT RAPIDLY DETERIORATING

FLOOD SITUATION IN MOZAMBIQUE

Appeals to Governments and Private Sector to Respond Urgently

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

UNITED NATIONS TO SEND INTER-AGENCY MISSION TO WEST AFRICA

The Secretary-General has decided to dispatch an inter-agency mission to West Africa, from 6 to 26 March, led by Ibrahima Fall, Assistant Secretary-General, Department of Political Affairs.  The mission will visit Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISMAYED AT OUTBREAK OF RENEWED FIGHTING IN BURUNDI

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

                  AFG/129

SC/7019

                  22 February 2001