SECRETARY-GENERAL GREATLY CONCERNED ABOUT 19 OCTOBER KIDNAPPING IN GUATEMALA CITY
Press Release
SG/SM/6099
CA/123
SECRETARY-GENERAL GREATLY CONCERNED ABOUT 19 OCTOBER KIDNAPPING IN GUATEMALA CITY
19961029 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:The Secretary-General is greatly concerned by the kidnapping that occurred in Guatemala City on 19 October, in which a senior member of the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG) was involved. The Government of Guatemala has issued a statement yesterday about it.
The Secretary-General deplores this incident and its damaging consequences for the peace negotiations, under the auspices of the United Nations, which are very close to a successful conclusion. He calls upon the URNG to take the action necessary to restore conditions in which a final peace agreement can promptly be reached in Guatemala.
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