Press Release SG/SM/9170 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RELEASE OF MOROCCAN PRISONERS OF WAR
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan:
The Secretary-General welcomes the release by the Frente POLISARIO, with the assistance of a MemberState, of an additional 100 prisoners of war, who were repatriated on 24 February to the Kingdom of Morocco by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).