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Press Release
SG/SM/6464

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN AND FAMILIES OF AIRPLANE CRASH VICTIMS

12 February 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6464


SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN AND FAMILIES OF AIRPLANE CRASH VICTIMS

19980212 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn of the death, in an airplane crash on 12 February, of several high government officials, including the First Vice-President of the Sudan, Al-Zubeir Mohammad Saleh. He extends his heartfelt condolences to the Government of the Sudan and to the bereaved families.

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