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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR HALT TO MOGADISHU VIOLENCE

5 June 2006
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General Appeals for halt to Mogadishu violence


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

SG/SM/10501-ENV/DEV/901

GLOBAL DESERTIFICATION, AFFECTING ONE FIFTH OF WORLD’S POPULATION, ONE OF MOST SERIOUS THREATS FACING HUMANITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD DAY

5 June 2006
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OBV/562
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Global desertification, affecting one fifth of world’s population, one of most


serious threats facing humanity, says Secretary-General on world day


Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, observed 17 June:

SG/SM/10497-AIDS/121-GA/10474

AIDS ‘GREATEST CHALLENGE OF OUR GENERATION’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT OPENING OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH-LEVEL MEETING

2 June 2006
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AIDS/121
GA/10474
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

AIDS ‘greatest challenge of our generation’, Secretary-General says

 

at opening of General Assembly high-level meeting

 


Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address at the opening of the high-level segment of the General Assembly Meeting on AIDS, 2 June:

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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,