Press Release SG/SM/9734 AFR/1114 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS KILLING OF UN PEACEKEEPERS
Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General strongly condemns the murder of nine United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh today during an ambush by unidentified militia groups near Kafé in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who were part of a company protecting a camp for internally displaced people.