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SG/SM/7422
30 May 2000


Press Release
SG/SM/7422
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SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS RELEASE OF 'VIRTUALLY ALL' SIERRA LEONE PEACEKEEPERS

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The following statement was issued on 28 May by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is delighted with the news out of Liberia that virtually all of the detained peacekeepers in Sierra Leone have been freed.

SG/SM/7421
25 May 2000


Press Release
SG/SM/7421


SECRETARY-GENERAL DELIVERS COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT PAUL NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

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Following is the text of the commencement address delivered Thursday, 25 May, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.:

SG/SM/7417
24 May 2000


Press Release
SG/SM/7417


SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES AMBUSH SLAYING OF TWO JOURNALISTS IN SIERRA LEONE

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

The Secretary-General was saddened by the news out of Sierra Leone today that two journalists were killed and two more were injured in an ambush launched by suspected members of the Revolutionary United Front.