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SG/SM/9345-AFR/960
07/06/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9345
AFR/960


sudan peace process has entered crucial, decisive phase,


secretary-general tells nairobi ceremony


Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered by Mohamed Sahnoun, his Special Adviser, to the ceremony marking the formal launch of the final phase of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Peace Process on the Sudan, in Nairobi on 5 June:

SG/SM/9343
03/06/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9343

Secretary-General condemns murder of five aid workers in Afghanistan


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


The Secretary-General was distressed and angered to learn of the cold-blooded killing yesterday of five staff of Médecins sans Frontières on the road between Khairkhana and Qala-I-Naw, Badghis province, Afghanistan.

SG/SM/9340
01/06/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9340


Secretary-General, in message on buddhism’s day of vesak, calls for sustained


campaign to rebuild trust between different faiths, cultures


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the “International Recognition of the Day of Vesak Ceremony” in New York, 1 June:


It gives me great pleasure to send my warmest greetings to this international observance of the Day of Vesak.