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SG/SM/6674

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES KILLED IN SATURDAY'S NORTHERN IRELAND BOMBING

17 August 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6674


SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES KILLED IN SATURDAY'S NORTHERN IRELAND BOMBING

19980817 The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General wishes to extend his deepest condolences to the families of all those who were killed or injured in the terrible bombing in Omagh over the weekend. He condemns this wanton and indiscriminate act of terrorism, and the men of violence who perpetrated it.

The Secretary-General knows how deeply both communities in Northern Ireland long to live free of the shadow of violence. He has warmly welcomed the recent repudiation of such violence by most of the sectarian groups that had hitherto practiced it. He shares the conviction of the great majority of the people of Ireland, north and south, that change can only come about by peaceful means.

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