Press Release
SG/SM/7221
KOSOVO CRASH VICTIMS GAVE LIFE TO WORDS 'HUMANITARIAN IMPERATIVE', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ROME MEMORIAL SERVICE
19991116 ADVANCE RELEASEFollowing is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the memorial service for the victims of the World Food Programme (WFP) air crash in Kosovo, delivered on his behalf by his Chef de Cabinet, S. Iqbal Riza, in Rome on 17 November: