Press Release SG/SM/9148 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY CONCERNED’ ABOUT INCREASING VIOLENCE IN HAITI
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General has been closely following the situation in Haiti and is deeply concerned about the increasing violence. Yesterday’s events in the city of Gonaives constitute a further escalation in the violence that is affecting the country.