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13 November 2002

New York - Comments to the Press Upon Arrival at UNHQ from Washington, D.C.
Washington, DC - Secretary-General's comments to the press after meeting with President George W. Bush

13 November 2002

Paris - Message of the Secretary-General to the Consultative Group Meeting for Sierra Leone
College Park, Maryland - Secretary-General's "Anwar Sadat Memorial Lecture" at the University of Maryland

12 November 2002

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at meeting with former Latin American Presidents
Washington, DC - Secretary-General's Remarks at the UNA-USA International Visionaries Awards Dinner
New York - Secretary-General's encounter upon arrival at UNHQ (use of this transcript MUST be attributed to CNN)
Washington, DC - Press encounter with US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Secretary-General Kofi Annan (this transcript was prepared by the State Department; Secretary-General's comments were verified by the United Nations)
Geneva/New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Bakassi Peninsula

12 November 2002

Ankara - Message on the inauguration of UN House

11 November 2002

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter following his briefing to the Security Council on Cyprus (unofficial transcript)
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the situation in the Middle East including the question of Palestine
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, on Cyprus

08 November 2002

New York - Secretary-General's statement at the adoption of Security Council Resolution 1441 on Iraq [as delivered]
New York - Statement by the Secretary-General on Myanmar
New York - Comments by the Secretary-General and UNMOVIC Chairman Hans Blix following adoption of Security Council Resolution 1441 on Iraq

07 November 2002

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter with Reuters upon arrival at UNHQ (unofficial transcript)

06 November 2002

New York - Remarks of the Secretary-General introducing Prof. Daphne Preuss and Prof. Jennifer Thomson as speakers in the Secretary-General's Lecture Series
New York - Press Encounter with the Secretary-General at the Security Council Stake-Out

05 November 2002

New York - Press encounter on Cyprus
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on peace talks in Sri Lanka

01 November 2002

New York - Statement following the meeting of the Heads of the Principal Organs of the United Nations
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Bakassi Peninsula
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Sudan

01 November 2002

Pretoria - Secretary-General's message to meeting of Presidents Mbeki, Kabila and Kagame on the Democratic Republic of the Congo

31 October 2002

New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Signing of a Declaration on the Cessation of Hostilities at the Somali National Reconciliation Conference

30 October 2002

New York - Statement of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly meeting on the Strengthening of the UN System

30 October 2002

Yaounde - Message of the Secretary-General to the Regional Meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce
New Delhi - Message of the Secretary-General to the Eighth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

29 October 2002

New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Return of Kuwaiti Documents

29 October 2002

Bishkek - Secretary-General's message to the Global Mountain Summit

28 October 2002

New York - Remarks at the memorial service for Joseph Naven Garba
New York - Secretary-General's statement to the Security Council on "Women, Peace and Security"
New York - Press encounter by the Secretary-General on Security Council consultations on Iraq
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Recent Developments in the Central African Republic

28 October 2002

Dubai - Message of the Secretary-General to the Dubai Strategy Forum

26 October 2002

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

25 October 2002

New York - Remarks by the Secretary-General upon arrival at Headquarters

25 October 2002

New York - Statement attributable to the Secretary-General on the death of United States Senator Paul Wellstone
Madrid - Message of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly of the Club of Madrid

24 October 2002

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at UN Day concert
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the hostage-taking incident in Moscow

23 October 2002

Abu Dhabi - Secretary-General's press encounter following his meeting with UAE President Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan

22 October 2002

Dushanbe - Secretary-General's statement to the press at UNDP/UNDCCP Drug Control Agency
Dushanbe - Secretary-General's press encounter at Dushanbe Airport before leaving Tajikistan (unofficial transcript)

21 October 2002

Dushanbe - Secretary-General's press encounter following his meeting with President Rakhmonov (unofficial transcript)
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the situation in the Middle East including the question of Palestine

21 October 2002

Dushanbe - Secretary-General's press encounter upon arrival at Dushanbe Airport
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Côte d'Ivoire

20 October 2002

Bishkek - Secretary-General's press encounter with President of the Kyrgyz Republic - partial (unofficial transcript)

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