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Statements and Messages


SG/SM/7869
28/06/2001
Press Release
SG/SM/7869


SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT STAFF SECURITY SUMMIT, URGES STATES TO RATIFY


TREATY ON SAFETY OF UNITED NATIONS AND ASSOCIATED PERSONNEL


Statement Deplores Deaths Since 1992 of Hundreds of Peacekeepers

And 200 Civilians; Says Violence Must Not Be Allowed to Deter ‘Noble Calling’


This is the text of a statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a summit meeting at Headquarters on the Security of International Staff: