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19 September 2006

New York - Secretary-General's address to the General Assembly

New York - Secretary-General's toast at luncheon in honour of heads of state and government attending the 61st General Assembly

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at official launch of UNITAID, the International Drug Purchase Facility

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter with CNN [use of this transcript must be attributed to CNN]

19 September 2006

New York - Secretary-General's statement to High-Level segment launch of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

18 September 2006

New York - REMARKS AT THE FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY AWARD CEREMONY

New York - The Secretary-General's statement at the High-Level meeting on Iraq

Geneva - Secretary-General's message to the second session of the Human Rights Council

New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Democratic Republic of the Congo

15 September 2006

Havana - The Secretary-General's address to the XIV Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement

15 September 2006

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Côte d'Ivoire

14 September 2006

New York - Secretary-General's address to the High-Level Dialogue of the General Assembly on International Migration and Development

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on recent initiatives by philanthrophic organizations

13 September 2006

New York - Secretary-General's press conference - full transcript

New York - Secretary-General's press conference - full transcript

12 September 2006

Astana - Secretary-General's message to the Second Congress of World and Traditional Religions

11 September 2006

New York - Secretary-General's statement on the fifth anniversary of the 11 September attacks

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council on the situation in Darfur

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Holy Family Church

08 September 2006

New York - Secretary-General's statement on the adoption of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

New York - The Secretary-General's remarks at the 59th Annual DPI-NGO Conference

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on deployment of an interim naval task force off the Lebanese coast

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on deployment of an interim naval task force off the Lebanese coast

08 September 2006

Semipalatinsk - Secretary-General's message to the signing ceremony of the Central Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty

New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Afghanistan

New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Burundi Ceasefire Agreement (English and French versions below)

07 September 2006

Madrid - Secretary-General's press conference with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (unofficial transcript)

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Mexico

07 September 2006

New York - Secretary-General's message to the UN International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People

New York - Secretary-General's message to the open debate of the General Assembly on his Report on the Prevention of Armed Conflict

06 September 2006

Madrid - Statement by the Secretary-General on the agreement by the Israeli Government to lift the blockade of Lebanon

Ankara - Joint Press Conference by the Secretary-General and the Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Secretary-General's comments only)

New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the situation in Eritrea

05 September 2006

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Somalia

05 September 2006

Alexandria - Secretary-General's joint press conference with Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Foreign Minister of Egypt (Secretary-General's comments only)

04 September 2006

Doha - Joint Press Conference by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the Foreign Minister of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr Al-Thani (Secretary-General's comments only)

Jeddah - Joint Press Conference by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, H.E. Prince Saud Al-Faisal (Secretary-General's comments only)

03 September 2006

Tehran - Joint Press Conference by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the Foreign Minister of Iran, Mr. Manouchehr Motaki

02 September 2006

Tehran - Secretary-General's joint press encounter with Mr. Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran (unofficial transcript)

01 September 2006

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Mashhad Plane Crash

01 September 2006

Damascus Airport - Secretary-General's press conference prior to departure from Syria (unofficial transcript)

31 August 2006

Jordan - Secretary-General's joint press conference with Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Khatib of Jordan (Secretary-General's remarks only)

30 August 2006

Jerusalem - Secretary-General's press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (unofficial transcript)

Ramallah - Secretary-General's press conference with President Mahmoud Abbas (Secretary-General's comments only) (unofficial transcript)

Jerusalem - Secretary-General's press encounter after meeting Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (unofficial transcript)

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the UN Democracy Fund

29 August 2006

Naqoura, Lebanon - Secretary-General's press encounter at the end of his visit to UNIFIL headquarters (unofficial transcript)

Jerusalem - Secretary-General's press encounter after meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz (unofficial transcript)

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the cessation of hostilities in Northern Uganda

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