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SG/SM/8653-AFG/220
28/03/2003
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SG/SM/8653
AFG/220


SECRETARY-GENERAL APPALLED AT KILLING OF RED CROSS WORKER IN AFGHANISTAN


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

The Secretary-General was appalled to learn of the brutal killing yesterday of Richard Munguía, a delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan.

SC/7714-AFR/592
28/03/2003
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SC/7714
AFR/592


PRESS STATEMENT ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT


Following is the press statement on Côte d’Ivoire delivered today by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):


Members of the Security Council are deeply concerned by the incidents that took place at Daloa on 26 March 2003 during the demonstration organized by the “Jeunes Patriotes”.

DSG/SM/191-IHA/771-IK/338
28/03/2003
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DSG/SM/191
IHA/771
IK/338


DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR ‘SWIFT AND GENEROUS’ RESPONSE

TO APPEAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AID FOR IRAQI PEOPLE


Following is the text of remarks, as delivered today, by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at a press conference launching the flash appeal for humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people: