Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Guinea-Bissau

The Secretary-General deplores the action by a group of mutinous soldiers that led to the death of the Chief of Staff of Guinea-Bissau's armed forces on 6 October 2004. He has asked his Representative in Guinea-Bissau, Mr. Joao Bernardo Honwana, to continue to lend the necessary support to help all parties resolve the crisis peacefully and quickly.