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SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RELEASE OF SIX HOSTAGES BY COLOMBIAN REBEL GROUP, STRESSES KIDNAPPING ‘UNJUSTIFIABLE CRIME’, GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION

SG/SM/12088
6 February 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12088
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RELEASE OF SIX HOSTAGES BY COLOMBIAN REBEL GROUP,


STRESSES KIDNAPPING ‘UNJUSTIFIABLE CRIME’, GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION


The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

5 February 2009
Spokesperson's Noon Briefing
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL


The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Michèle Montas, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.


Good afternoon, all.

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

3 February 2009
Spokesperson's Noon Briefing
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL


The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Marie Okabe, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.


Good afternoon.


**Security Council

COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT HEARS BRIEFING BY RAPPORTEUR AS IT FOCUSES ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, SITUATION OF YOUTH, OLDER PEOPLE

SOC/4750
6 February 2009
Economic and Social CouncilSOC/4750
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Commission for Social Development

Forty-seventh Session

6th & 7th Meetings (AM & PM)