Secretary-General visits Kuwait
and UNIKOM




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Secretary-General Kofi Annan made an official visit to the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) on December 12, where it was reported that the demilitarized zone had been calm and quiet amidst the recent weeks of increased tension between Iraq and the United Nations.

On the Kuwait-Iraqi border


A view of the demilitarized zone at the Kuwait-Iraqi border.
(UN/DPI Photo #196582C)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan traveled by helicopter to Camp Khor of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission in the demilitarized zone at the Kuwait-Iraq border.


Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left) aboard a UN helicopter with UNIKOM Force Commander Major-General Esa Kalervo Tarvainen (right).
(UN/DPI Photo #196581C)




Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left) addressing staff at UNIKOM Headquarters.
(UN/DPI Photo #196645C)




Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left) speaking with a UNIKOM peace-keeper.
(UN/DPI Photo #196647C)



Secretary-General Kofi Annan (far left) is briefed by UNIKOM Force Commander Major-General Esa Kalervo Tarvainen at the Iraq-Kuwait border line where the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr is visible. (UN/DPI Photo #196487C)



A view, from Kuwait, of the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr where the United Nations' oil-for-food programme is conducted. UNIKOM's monitoring officers keep an eye on the waterway and observe ships passing by as part of their mandate of the oil-for-food programme.
(UN/DPI Photo #196589C)




Secretary-General Kofi Annan looking through a scope used to monitor ships entering the waterway bordering Iraq and Kuwait.
(UN/DPI Photo #196579C)



Kuwait City, Kuwait



Secretary-General Kofi Annan (centre) and Nane Annan (right) meeting with the Amir of the State of Kuwait, Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
(UN/DPI Photo #196599C)




Secretary-General Kofi Annan viewing the portraits of former Heads of State of Kuwait while visiting the National Assembly in Kuwait City.
(UN/DPI Photo #196598C)




Secretary-General Kofi Annan (centre) meeting with representatives of Kuwait's Public Authority for the Assessment of Compensation, which asked to review with him the status of payment of compensation claims in connection with Iraq's 1990 invasion of the State of Kuwait.
(UN/DPI Photo #196604C)



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