SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS CONDOLENCES TO CENTRAL AMERICAN HURRICANE VICTIMS, URGES GENEROSITY IN AFTERMATH

2 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6780

SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS CONDOLENCES TO CENTRAL AMERICAN HURRICANE VICTIMS, URGES GENEROSITY IN AFTERMATH

19981102 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General wishes to express his deepest condolences to the families of the victims of Hurricane Mitch and to their governments. His heartfelt sympathy goes out to all those who have been touched by this disaster. The Secretary-General urges the international community to show the utmost generosity in the aftermath of the hurricane, which has left thousands dead and several hundred thousand suffering throughout Central America.

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