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SG/SM/6352
7 October 1997


Press Release
SG/SM/6352
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SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR END TO UNFOUNDED ANTI-UNHCR MEDIA CAMPAIGN IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

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

I deplore the radio and television broadcasts in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo which falsely accuse the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) of arming Rwandan refugees.

GA/SM/5
7 October 1997


Press Release
GA/SM/5


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REFORM EFFORTS RECEIVE STRONG POLITICAL SUPPORT ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS AT CONCLUSION OF GENERAL DEBATE

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Following is the closing statement of the President of the General Assembly, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine), delivered this afternoon at the conclusion of the general debate in the Assembly plenary: