Press Release

fear of traffic chaos as austria plans to increase road,

rail networks following european union expansion

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SECRETARY-GENERAL appalled by mosque terror attack in pakistan

The following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is appalled by the news of yet another attack in a place of worship, this time in a mosque in the city of Karachi in Pakistan, which has reportedly killed about a dozen innocent worshippers and wounded about 100 more.

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Kosovo Conflict Hot Spots Cleaned Up as UNEP closes

environmental clean-up operations in Serbia

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BELGRADE/NAIROBI, 7 May (UNEP) -- Two of the health-threatening environmental “hot-spots” identified for urgent remedial action in the wake of the Kosovo Conflict in 1999 have been satisfactorily dealt with.

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY

OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS TO VISIT SUDAN

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VIOLATIONS IN DARFUR, SUDAN MAY CONSTITUTE WAR CRIMES, CRIMES

AGAINST HUMANITY, UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE REPORT SAYS

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CONDITIONS FOR CONGOLESE EXPELLED FROM ANGOLA STABILIZING

NEW YORK, 7 May (OCHA) -- The humanitarian situation of tens of thousands of Congolese expelled from neighbouring Angola over these past few weeks appears to be stabilizing.  The number of expellees entering into one of the main entry points has decreased from a rate of hundreds to dozens of persons crossing each day.

WESTERN ASIA PREPARATORY MEETING FOR ELEVENTH CONGRESS

ON CRIME PREVENTION CONCLUDES IN BEIRUT

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SECRETARY-GENERAL ASSURES OIL-FOR-FOOD INQUIRY

OF FULL COOPERATION OF ALL UN STAFF

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: