SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES FOLLOWING DEATHS OF PEACEKEEPERS IN SINAI

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The Secretary-General was saddened to learn of the deaths of the eight French and one Canadian members of the Multinational Force and Observers serving in the Sinai in an airplane crash yesterday.  He expresses his sincere condolences to the bereaved families and to the Governments of the victims of the accident.

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