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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


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

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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: