EMBARGOED TO THE MEDIA UNTIL TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2003, 1100 HRS NEW YORK TIME

Press Releases

• UN Secretary-General launches Humanitarian Appeal to help 45 million people
   
• The UN appeals for USD 38,000,000 to alleviate suffering and improve the quality of living for civilians in need in Guinea
   
• Launch of CAP Côte d'Ivoire 2004
   
• World in which millions live in desperate conditions will not be a world at peace, Secretary-General says at launch of 2004 Humanitarian Appeal
   

Statements

• Statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the launch of the 2004 Appeals, 18 November 2003
   

• Statement by the President of the Security Council at the launch of the 2004 Appeals, 18 November 2003
   

• Statement by the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, James Morris, at the Launch of the 2004 Appeals, Brussels, 19 November 2003
   

Webcast* of Launch, 18 November 2003 (archived)

Includes statements made by the Secretary-General, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland, Administrator of the UN Development Programme Mark Malloch Brown, President of the Security Council Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins and speakers from the floor

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Press Kit

Transcript of "Hear Our Voices" Video

Facts and Figures

Launches on 19 November

• Brussels

• Copenhagen

• Dublin

• Geneva

• Ottawa

• Washington D.C.

Contact Us

For Media enquires :

Stephanie Bunker – OCHA New York: Tel: +1-917-367-51-26; Mobile: +1-917-892-1679;
Email: bunker@un.org

Andrew Lawday – OCHA Geneva: Tel: +41-22-917-1817; Mobile: +41-22-79-477-0803;
Email: lawday@un.org