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12.04.2010 Press Statement

STATEMENT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SPOKESPERSONFOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE POLISH PRESIDENTIAL PLANE CRASH VIENNA-NEW YORK, 10 APRIL 2010

12.04.2010 LISTEN
By UN

The Secretary-General was shocked to hear the news of the plane crash in which Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and many other people, including senior officials, were killed in Smolensk, Russia.

On behalf of the United Nations, the Secretary-General expresses his deep and heartfelt condolences to the people and Government of Poland and to the families of those who perished.

The Secretary-General said President Kaczynski had served his country and people with distinction and conviction, and was deservedly respected internationally. That he died en route to an event marking a new level of reconciliation between Poland and Russia is particularly poignant.

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