SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MAJOR GENERAL LALIT MOHAN TEWARI

FORCE COMMANDER OF UNIFIL

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major General Lalit Mohan Tewari as Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon to succeed Major General Seth Kofi Obeng, who relinquished the command on 15 May.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

OF WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

AT ESTONIA SEMINAR, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT DISCUSSES ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS IN COPING WITH CULTURAL CONFLICTS

This is the text of the statement by General Assembly President Harri Holkeri at the Summer Seminar on Cultural Borders and Multicultural Societies, organized by the United Nations Association of Estonia in Saaremaa, Estonia:

EXPERT GROUP ON DISARMAMENT AND NON-PROLIFERATION EDUCATION

TO MEET FROM 8-10 AUGUST IN CALIFORNIA

NEW YORK, 7 August (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- A group of governmental experts undertaking a United Nations study on disarmament and non-proliferation education will hold its second session from 8 to 10 August 2001, at the Center for Non-proliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

UN RAISES ARREST OF AID WORKERS WITH TALIBAN

UN MEETING SETS STAGE FOR NEGOTIATING NEW TREATY AGAINST CORRUPTION

(Reissued as received.)

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SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

OF WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, 9 AUGUST

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RENEWED VOW NEVER TO REPEAT

HIROSHIMA/ NAGASAKI TRAGEDIES

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, delivered today by Kenzo Oshima, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR END TO ‘CYCLE OF VIOLENCE’ IN MID-EAST

The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: