SG/SM/6986
SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED AND DISTRESSED BY BOMBING OF CIVILIAN BUILDINGS IN YUGOSLAVIA, INCLUDING CHINESE EMBASSY
10 May 1999
Press Release
SG/SM/6986
SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED AND DISTRESSED BY BOMBING OF CIVILIAN BUILDINGS IN YUGOSLAVIA, INCLUDING CHINESE EMBASSY
19990510 The following statement was issued on Friday, 7 May, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:The Secretary-General was shocked and distressed to learn that North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) air strikes apparently hit civilian buildings in Yugoslavia on Friday, including a hospital in Nis and the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Belgrade, with attendant loss of life and many injured.
He reiterates his conviction that an urgent political solution must be found to the present crisis in the region.
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