SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY DEATH OF PEACEKEEPER IN LEBANON
Press Release
SG/SM/7015
SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY DEATH OF PEACEKEEPER IN LEBANON
19990601 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the death of Private William Kedian, a member of the Irish contingent of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), who was killed yesterday by a mortar round fired by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF)/de facto forces (DFF). The Secretary-General expresses his deep condolences to the bereaved family and to the Government of Ireland.
The Secretary-General condemns this attack against United Nations personnel and calls on the Government of Israel to take all necessary measures to ensure that the Israel Defence Forces and their local Lebanese auxiliary respect the non-combatant status of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.
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