SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF "ALLY AND FRIEND" MORRIS ABRAM
Press Release
SG/SM/7332
SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF ALLY AND FRIEND MORRIS ABRAM
20000317The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan concerning the death of Morris Abram, who died yesterday in Geneva:
The Secretary-General was saddened to learn on his return from Paris last night of the sudden death of Morris Abram, whom he considered an ally and a friend. The two had known each other since the 1980s, when they were both working in Geneva, and where they had what the Secretary-General later described as an immediate meeting of minds. Morris Abram was by then already well-known for his dedication to human rights issues. Although he later also became well-known for his critical appraisals of the United Nations, he was invariably driven by a desire to make of the United Nations a better institution. Morris Abrams record as an indefatigable advocate of human rights, freedom, tolerance and civil rights, from the Nuremberg trials until his death, should serve as an example and as inspiration to us all.
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