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Press Release
SG/SM/7607

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY MASS GRAVE IN COTE D’IVOIRE

30 October 2000


Press Release
SG/SM/7607


SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY MASS GRAVE IN COTE D’IVOIRE

20001030

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is shocked by the discovery of the mass grave of more than 50 victims of post-election violence in the Côte d’Ivoire.

The Secretary-General takes note of the new government’s decision to investigate the heinous crime.

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