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SG/SM/9505-IK/462
28/09/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9505
IK/462

Secretary-General welcomes release of civilian hostages in Iraq


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


The Secretary-General welcomes the news of the release of the Iraqi, Egyptian and Italian civilian hostages today in Iraq.

IK/461
23/09/2004
Press Release
IK/461

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNCC APPROVES AWARDS OF $376.9 MILLION


FOR COMPENSATION AT ITS FIFTY-THIRD SESSION


(Reissued as received.)


GENEVA, 23 September -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the presidency of Ambassador Michael Steiner (Germany), today concluded its fifty-third session and approved awards of $376,920,823.53 for compensation.

SG/SM/9450-IK/453
19/08/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9450
IK/453

‘We will long feel the pain, but our sense of mission is intact’, Secretary-General


says on anniversary of attack on un Baghdad headquarters


Following is the text of remarks, as delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the ceremony in Geneva marking the first anniversary of the attack on the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad:

GA/SM/344-IK/457
19/08/2004
Press Release
GA/SM/344
IK/457


ON ANNIVERSARY OF TRAGEDY IN BAGHDAD, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT


RECALLS ‘COURAGE AND CONVICTION’ OF STAFF


The following statement was issued today in Johannesburg, South Africa by General Assembly President, Julian R. Hunte, on the observance of the first anniversary of the bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad: