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SG/SM/6155
5 February 1997


Press Release
SG/SM/6155
HE/945


SAFEGUARDING ENVIRONMENT TRANSCENDS DIVISIONS, COMPELS LONG-TERM COOPERATION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL

19970205

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Under-Secretary-General Nitin Desai, to the high-level segment of the nineteenth session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which is meeting in Nairobi from 5 to 7 February:

SG/SM/6154
4 February 1997


Press Release
SG/SM/6154


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT ON MID-AIR COLLISION IN ISRAEL

19970204 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General learned with regret of the mid-air collision of two Israeli transport helicopters over northern Israel tonight, with loss of over 70 lives.