SG/SM/8409-AFR/490
SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES GRIEF AT SENEGAL FERRY DISASTER
01/10/2002
| Press Release SG/SM/8409 AFR/490 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES GRIEF AT SENEGAL FERRY DISASTER
This statement was issued on 28 September by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the news that hundreds of people are feared drowned after a Senegalese passenger ferry capsized off the coast of the Gambia in a violent storm. He expresses his heartfelt condolences to the Government, families and friends of the victims.
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