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Press Release
SG/SM/7433

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN SOLOMON ISLANDS

7 June 2000


Press Release
SG/SM/7433


SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN SOLOMON ISLANDS

20000607

Following is a statement issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the developments in Solomon Islands:

The Secretary-General is closely following developments in Solomon Islands, where Governor General Father John Lapli and Prime Minister Bartholomew Ulufa'alu have been taken hostage.

The Secretary-General expresses his concern over this escalation of violence in Solomon Islands and urges that the hostages be released immediately and constitutional rule restored. He also calls on the militant factions to resume the Commonwealth-facilitated peace talks aimed at returning the country to normalcy and re-establishing democratic governance as soon as possible.

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