SC/6907

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO FAMILY OF SLAIN BANGLADESHI PEACEKEEPER

Following is the statement delivered to the press by Security Council President Hasamy Agam (Malaysia) on Friday, 4 August:

Members of the Council expressed their profound condolences to the family of Corporal Miah Mohammad Abdul Aziz of the Bangladesh Engineering Battalion, currently serving with United Nations Transitional Authority in East Timor (UNTAET), who gave his life in the cause of peace. They also expressed their sympathies to the Government and people of Bangladesh.

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