SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS COUP D'+TAT IN COMOROS

30 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6976

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS COUP D'ÉTAT IN COMOROS

19990430 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General condemns the coup d'état in the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros which overthrew the constitutional Government.

The Secretary-General reiterates his condemnation of any attempt to change the government of any country by force or by other unconstitutional means. He calls on all political, military and civil society leaders to make every effort to avert violence in the country, and to work for an early return to peace, stability and constitutional order.

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