SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM

Following is the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the

32nd Pacific Islands Forum, meeting in Nauru from 14 to 21 August, delivered on his behalf by Beng Yong Chew, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Division, Department of Political Affairs:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ALL PARTIES IN FYROM TO IMPLEMENT

FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ‘IN GOOD FAITH’

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES UN READY TO ASSIST IN RELIEF, REHABILITATION

FOLLOWING FLASH FLOODS IN IRAN

Following is the text of statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES END TO ISRAELI OCCUPATION

OF ORIENT HOUSE, OTHER PROPERTIES

Following is the text of a statement issued yesterday (12 August) by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL WINAI PHATTIYAKUL APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER

OF UN TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN EAST TIMOR

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Lieutenant-General Winai Phattiyakul as Force Commander of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, to succeed Lieutenant-General BoonsrangNiumpradit who will relinquish the command on 31 August.

UN LOOKS FORWARD TO RECEIVING NEW CAMBODIAN LAW ON KHMER ROUGE TRIALS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPOKESMAN STATES

Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has noted that His Majesty, King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, signed the draft law on a special court to try Khmer Rouge leaders today, bringing the legislation into effect.

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ALARMED AT ESCALATING MID-EAST VIOLENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS

ON ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS TO EXERCISE RESTRAINT

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

SALUTING INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES FIGHT

AGAINST AIDS, UNEMPLOYMENT

This is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan for International Youth Day, 12 August:

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.