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SG/SM/10493

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN VIDEO MESSAGE, CALLS ON PEOPLE OF TIMOR-LESTE NOT TO DESPAIR, STAY UNITED ON COURSE TOWARDS NATION-BUILDING

1 June 2006
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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,

SG/SM/10492-ENV/DEV/900

IN WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES GOVERNMENTS, COMMUNITIES TO FOCUS ON CHALLENGES OF LIFE ON DESERT MARGINS

31 May 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10492
ENV/DEV/900
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

IN WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES GOVERNMENTS,


COMMUNITIES TO FOCUS ON CHALLENGES OF LIFE ON DESERT MARGINS


Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World Environment Day, 5 June 2006:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED AT DEATH OF NEPALESE PEACEKEEPER, WOUNDING OF OTHERS SERVING WITH UN MISSION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

31 May 2006
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AFR/1390
PKO/137
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General deeply saddened at death of Nepalese peacekeeper, wounding


of others serving with un mission in Democratic Republic of Congo


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

SG/SM/10489-PKO/136

AT CEREMONY FOR FALLEN PEACEKEEPERS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘UN HEROES’ HAVE GIVEN LIVES SO OTHERS CAN LIVE FREE FROM WANT AND FEAR

31 May 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10489
PKO/136
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

AT CEREMONY FOR FALLEN PEACEKEEPERS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘UN HEROES’


HAVE GIVEN LIVES SO OTHERS CAN LIVE FREE FROM WANT AND FEAR


Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the ceremony marking the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, in New York, 31 May: