As in previous years, the UN Day message by Mr. Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General, will be sent via satellite world-wide. Television broadcasters can downlink this message, as well as the message of President of the 55th Session of the General Assembly, Mr. Harri Holkeri.

This package of approximately 7-minutes in length is available for downlinking as of Monday, 23 October 2000 on the following satellite transmissions:

REGION	DATE AND TIME	SATELLITE DETAILS & TRANSPONDER
Worldwide	Monday, October 23rd 1135 - 1150 gmt	Reuters TV World News Service All WNS transponders
Europe Middle East Eastern Europe	Monday, October 23rd 08:00-08:15 gmt	Eutelsat Eutelsat W1, Transponder B5 ch3 Digital 9MHz Downlink Frequency: 11152.75 X polarisation. Clear
Far East Middle East Sub-continent Eastern Europe Australasia	Monday, October 23rd 08:00-08:15 gmt	AsiaSat II Asiasat 2, Transponder 5b Digital 8.8 MHz Downlink Frequency 3786.4 X polarisation Clear
Central America Caribean Latin America South America	Monday, October 23rd 13.30-13.45 EDT	AOR 806 (319.5) 12B 9 MHz Downlink frequency :3830 polarization: RHCP FEC: 3/4 Symbol rate: 6.1110 or 5.700 Auio frequency: ch.1 / ch.2 Compression: SA Power Vu, MPEG-2
North America	Monday, October 23rd 13.30-13.45 EDT	US DOMSAT SBS-6 / 3 Ku-Band Downlink Frequency: 11774 Horizontal polarization Audio Frequency: 6.2 / 6.8
UK Broadcasters and International News Bureaux	Monday, October 23rd	- Book convenient slot by contacting Phoenix TV MCR: +44-207-907-937 London Only Available at BT Tower. Please book onto following local ends: AOSP/B V1 VXUK 142364 a&b

It would be very much appreciated if you could inform television broadcasters in your area/region about these very special millennium UN Day messages and encourage them to downlink them and to broadcast them as often as possible from the 23rd October onwards, and particularly on UN Day, Tuesday, 24 October 2000.

For contactsplease call: (212) 963-6982; Fax: (212) 963-6869; e-mail: sue-ting-len@un.org.