SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES COMMITMENT TO EXTEND ALL UN EFFORTS TO RELIEVE SUFFERING OF POPULATION AFFECTED BY EARTHQUAKE IN AFGHANISTAN

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SG/SM/6578

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES COMMITMENT TO EXTEND ALL UN EFFORTS TO RELIEVE SUFFERING OF POPULATION AFFECTED BY EARTHQUAKE IN AFGHANISTAN

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

The Secretary-General has learned with profound sadness of the earthquake that struck Badakshan and Takhar Provinces in Afghanistan on 30 May, a region that has been recovering from the severe effects of an earthquake that occurred less than four months earlier. He wishes to convey his deepest condolences to the families of the victims, and is committed to extending all efforts of the United Nations to relieve the suffering of the affected populations in as speedy a manner as possible.

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