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SG/SM/9098

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY NEWS OF BENIN AIR CRASH, WHICH KILLED 130, INCLUDING 15 UN PEACEKEEPERS

29/12/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/9098


SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY NEWS OF BENIN AIR CRASH,


WHICH KILLED 130, INCLUDING 15 UN PEACEKEEPERS


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


The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn the news of the tragic deaths of over 130 passengers, including 15 United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh, in the air crash near Cotonou, Benin, on 25 December.

SG/SM/9099-AFR/804

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY BRUTAL MURDER OF APOSTOLIC NUNCIO IN BURUNDI

29/12/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/9099
AFR/804


SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY BRUTAL MURDER OF APOSTOLIC NUNCIO IN BURUNDI


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


The Secretary-General was deeply shocked and saddened to learn the news of the tragic death of Monsignor Michael Courtney, the Apostolic Nuncio in Burundi, who was brutally murdered during a road ambush today in Minago, about 50 kilometres south of Bujumbura in Bururi province. 

SG/SM/9096-AFR/802

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES TRANSITIONAL AGREEMENT IN COMOROS

26/12/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/9096
AFR/802


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES TRANSITIONAL AGREEMENT IN COMOROS


The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 24 December:

SG/SM/9095

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE FOR NEW YEAR, 2004

24/12/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/9095

Webcast: archived video

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE FOR NEW YEAR, 2004


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the New Year, 2004:


Dear Peoples of the United Nations,


Your Organization, which I have the honour to serve, has just been through one of the hardest years in its history.