Secretary-General visits
Australia

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) addressing the National Press Club of Australia, in Canberra on February 22. Left is Ken Randall, President of the National Press Club. (UN Photo# EDD206)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) meeting with Sir Ronald Wilson AC KBE CMB, President of the Australian Council for Overseas Aid (ACFOA), in Canberra on February 22. (UN Photo# EDD204)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) meeting with Professor Margaret Reynolds, President of the United Nations Association (UNA) Australia, in Canberra on February 22. (UN Photo# EDD205)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left) meeting with the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon. John Howard MP, at the Parliament House in Canberra on February 21. (UN Photo# EDD 197)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) at a joint press conference with Prime Minister John Howard MP (left), following their meeting at Parliament House in Canberra. (UN Photo# EDD198)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left) meeting with the Hon. Kim C. Beazley MP, Leader of the Opposition at the Parliament House in Canberra. (UN Photo# EDD199)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) meeting with the Hon. Alexander Downer MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, at the Parliament House. (UN Photo# EDD200)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left) and Mrs. Nane Annan (second from right), with Prime Minister John Howard and Mrs. Howard at Parliament House in Canberra on February 21. (UN Photo# EDD201)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left) meeting with Senator Alan Ferguson, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade of Australia, at the Parliament House in Canberra. (UN Photo# EDD202)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Mrs. Nane Annan (both centre) walking with the Hon. Sir William Deane, AC, KBE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia and Lady Deane, in the garden of Government House in Canberra on February 21. (UN Photo# EDD203)

On February 18, Secretary-General Kofi Annan (centre top at podium) thanking the people of Darwin who had hosted refugees of East Timor and helped to facilitate the mission in East Timor. (UN Photo# EDD195)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) meeting with the Hon. Dennis Bourke MLA, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, at Parliament House in Darwin on February 18. (UN Photo# EDD196)