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SG/A/815
22/08/02
Press Release
SG/A/815


MAJOR-GENERAL PUONTI APPOINTED CHIEF MILITARY OBSERVER IN UNITED NATIONS


MILITARY OBSERVER GROUP IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN


Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major-General Pertti Juhani Puonti of Finland as Chief Military Observer in the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP).

SG/SM/8341
20/08/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8341


SECRETARY-GENERAL REPLIES TO CAMBODIAN PRIME MINISTER’S LETTER


ON TRIAL OF KHMER ROUGE LEADERS


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


Today, the Secretary-General wrote to Mr. Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia, on the issue of the trial of the Khmer Rouge leaders.  The letter was in response to a letter from the Prime Minister to the Secretary-General.

SG/SM/8338
14/08/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8338


SECRETARY-GENERAL ENDORSES HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER’S


CONCERNS OVER INDONESIA TRIBUNAL


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


The High Commissioner for Human Rights today issued a statement on the proceedings at the Ad Hoc Human Rights Tribunal in Jakarta, which the Secretary-General fully endorses. 

SG/SM/8334
09/08/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8334


SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS FOOTBALL TEAMS FOR SUPPORTING FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS


No One Is Safe from Epidemic, He Warns


Following are the remarks made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of Real Madrid v. Roma game to benefit the global fight against AIDS:


I’ll be very brief as I know you are in a hurry to watch the match.