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Statements and Messages


SG/SM/9170
24/02/2004
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).

SG/SM/9166-AIDS/70
23/02/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9166
AIDS/70


‘TOGETHER, WE CAN TURN THE GLOBAL TIDE AGAINST HIV/AIDS -– AND WE MUST’,


SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO DUBLIN CONFERENCE


Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message for the conference “Breaking the Barriers:  Partnership to Fight HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia”, in Dublin, 23-24 February: