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SG/SM/10493
1 June 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10493
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN VIDEO MESSAGE, CALLS ON PEOPLE OF TIMOR-LESTE


NOT TO DESPAIR, STAY UNITED ON COURSE TOWARDS NATION-BUILDING


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message to the people of Timor-Leste on 1 June:


My dear friends,

IHA/1200
1 June 2006
Press ReleaseIHA/1200
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UN AGENCIES SUPPORTING GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA IN RESPONSE TO JAVA QUAKE


NEW YORK, 1 June (OCHA) -- Six days after the destructive earthquake, which struck Yogyakarta on the island of Java in Indonesia, the Government reports that the death toll has risen to over 6,300 people.