SG/SM/8299
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR TO MOROCCO, CALLS FOR EARLY RELEASE OF REMAINING POWS
08/07/2002
| Press Release SG/SM/8299 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR TO MOROCCO,
CALLS FOR EARLY RELEASE OF REMAINING POWS
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The 100 prisoners of war released by the Frente POLISARIO on 18 June were repatriated on 7 July by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to the Kingdom of Morocco. The Secretary-General welcomes this step and calls on the Frente POLISARIO to move toward an early release of the remaining
1,260 POWs.
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