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La politique étrangère et de sécurité commune (dernière mise à jour : 29 août 2000) L'Union européenne félicite le président Mandela, l'équipe de la médiation et les négociateurs burundais pour leurs efforts qui ont permis la tenue du Sommet d'Arusha consacré…

Press Release, SG/SM/7521, AFR/267 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General welcomes the agreement reached on 28 August in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, by the parties to the Burundi…

DJIBOUTI, 29 August (IRIN) - David Stephen, special representative of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, has been an active observer of the Djibouti-hosted Somali peace process since February, when practical preparations were first made to hold the peace talks in…

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the peace agreement for Burundi concluded yesterday in Arusha, Tanzania, but expressed regret that not all parties had signed the accord and urged them to do so as soon as possible. While noting that the…

LUSAKA, 29 August (IRIN) - As concern grew over the plight of 26 Zambians abducted and taken across the country's northern border by suspected rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a senior regional official told IRIN on…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org BURUNDI: Parties sign scaled-down accord Thirteen of the 19 parties, represented at the Arusha peace process in Tanzania,…

JOHANNESBURG, 29 August (IRIN) - The food security unit of the 14-member Southern African Development Community (SADC) reported in its latest update that while this year's floods had negatively affected the cereal production of many of the region's countries, other…

ARUSHA ,August 29, 2000 - With a stroke of a pen, Burundi President Pierre Buyoya has signed a pact that will put his war-torn country on a path towards reconciliation and mark the end of dragging negotiations for peace. At…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Quoted text from this briefing note may be attributed to the UNHCR spokesperson named below left Kris Janowski -…

On behalf of the European Commission, I welcome this important step in the negotiations, the signing of the Burundi Peace and Reconciliation Agreement. It is a key point in this long and difficult peace process. I would like to…