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AFR/902-IHA/890
16/04/2004
Press Release
AFR/902
IHA/890


disarmament COMMENCES IN LIBERIA, PAVES WAY FOR GREATER

HUMANITARIAN ACCESS, ASSISTANCE


MONROVIA, 16 April (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Ex-combatants of Liberia’s three armed factions took forward steps yesterday towards contributing to the future peace and stability of the war-torn country by surrendering their weapons, during the resumption of disarmament activities administered by United Nations peacekeeping forces.

SG/SM/9256-SC/8059
15/04/2004
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SG/SM/9256
SC/8059


role of business in armed conflict can be crucial – ‘for good and for ill’,


Secretary-General tells Security Council open debate on issue


Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at an open debate of the Security Council on the role of business in conflict prevention, peacekeeping and post-conflict peace-building in New York, 15 April: