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POP/746*
16 November 1999


Press Release
POP/746*


UN POPULATION FUND SENDS MATERNAL HEALTH SUPPLIES TO ORISSA CYCLONE VICTIMS, IN RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT APPEAL

19991116

NEW YORK, 15 November (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is shipping emergency reproductive health supplies, including equipment for the safe delivery of newborn infants, to victims of the cyclone in Orissa, India. The Fund is responding to a request for help from the state government of Orissa.

SG/SM/7221
16 November 1999


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SG/SM/7221


KOSOVO CRASH VICTIMS GAVE LIFE TO WORDS 'HUMANITARIAN IMPERATIVE', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ROME MEMORIAL SERVICE

19991116 ADVANCE RELEASE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the memorial service for the victims of the World Food Programme (WFP) air crash in Kosovo, delivered on his behalf by his Chef de Cabinet, S. Iqbal Riza, in Rome on 17 November:

SG/SM/7214
15 November 1999


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SG/SM/7214


SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED, SADDENED BY FATAL AIR CRASH IN KOSOVO

19991115

The following statement was issued on 12 November by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was shocked and deeply saddened by the news of the fatal air crash in Kosovo.