Secretary-General visits
East Timor

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left) arriving in Dili, East Timor on February 17, is greeted by independence leader Xanana Gusmao. Right is UN Transitional Administrator Sergio Vieira de Mello. (UN Photo# EDD 179)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (centre) meeting with independence leader Xanana Gusmao (right) and UN Transitional Administrator Sergio Vieira de Mello in Dili. (UN Photo# EDD180)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan visited Liquica, a town which has been called the "killing field" of East Timor after a wave of murders and destruction by the militia that followed last year's vote for independence. At an emotional wreath-laying ceremony at the site of a massacre at a village church, the Secretary-General was embraced by family members of the victims. (UN Photo# EDD181)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Mrs. Nane Annan (centre) laid a wreath at the village church in Liquica, East Timor, in memory of those who had died during last April's massacre at a village church. Shown are family members of victims of that massacre being comforted by the Secretary-General and his wife.
(UN Photo# EDD182)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Mrs. Nane Annan, comforting some of the children that attended the wreath-laying ceremony in memory of those who had died during last April's massacre at a village church in Liquica, East Timor. (UN Photo# EDD184)

Following the memorial ceremony, Secretary-General Kofi Annan (centre, back to camera) addressed the people of Liquica, East Timor. (UN Photo# EDD185)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (seated seventh back on left) met with Senior United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) staff and Heads of United Nations agencies at the United Nations Office in Dili, East Timor on February 17. (UN Photo# EDD186)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) meeting with Major General Peter John Cosgrove of Australia (second from right), Force Commander of the International Force in East Timor (INTERFET); Lieutenant General Jaime de los Santos (left), Force Commander of United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) at the United Nations Headquarters; and Bernard Miyet (second from left), United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, in Dili on February 17.
(UN Photo# EDD187)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left) addressing the United Nations staff at UN Headquarters in Dili, East Timor, on February 17. (UN Photo# EDD188)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (seated in background, left, at table) meeting with the National Consultative Council at United Nations Headquarters in Dili, East Timor on February 17. (UN Photo# EDD189)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (center) meeting with Nobel Peace Laureate Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo (shaking his hand) and Bishop Basilio Nascimento at United Nations Headquarters in Dili, East Timor on February 17. (UN Photo# EDD190)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Mrs. Nane Annan (background, at table on right) attending a meeting with key Women's Groups in East Timor on February 17.
(UN Photo# EDD192)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (centre on platform) addressing the people of East Timor at United Nations Headquarters in Dili on February 18. (UN Photo# EDD193)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left, at podium) speaking at a press conference following his address to the people of East Timor. Right, at podium, is independence leader Xanana Gusmao and standing left is UN Transitional Administrator Sergio Vieira de Mello.(UN Photo# EDD194)