
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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