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SG/SM/9300-AFR/923
10/05/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9300
AFR/923


SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER REPORTS


OF GROWING COMMUNAL CLASHES IN NIGERIA


Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:


The Secretary-General is deeply concerned over reports of growing communal clashes in Nigeria, and condemns the attacks in the village of Yelwa in PlateauState where hundreds of people lost their lives last week.

SOC/CP/301
10/05/2004
Press Release
SOC/CP/301


Fact Sheet                                                 


United Nations Convention against Corruption


(Reissued as received.)

SOC/CP/300
10/05/2004
Press Release
SOC/CP/300


Background Release                                         


UN Crime Commission Meeting to Focus on Rule of Law and Development


Forty-Member Body to Hold Thirteenth Session in Vienna from 11 to 20 May

SG/SM/9299-HR/4747
10/05/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9299
HR/4747


DESPITE SEA-CHANGE IN GLOBAL ATTITUDES, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES STILL SUFFER


FROM PREJUDICE AND ILL-WILL, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PERMANENT FORUM


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the opening of the third session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on 10 May: