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30 April 2002

New York - Press encounter, (unofficial transcript)

New York - Comments by Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, following a briefing to the Security Council, at the Secretary-General's request, on the Secretary-General's position on the Jenin fact-finding team, (unofficial transcript)

New York - Press encounter upon arrival at UNHQ, (unofficial transcript)

29 April 2002

New York - Press encounter upon arrival at UNHQ, (unofficial transcript - for further use please contact CNN concerning copyright restrictions)

26 April 2002

New York - Press encounter upon arrival at UNHQ, (unofficial transcript)

18 April 2002

New York - Press encounter following Secretary-General's briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East including the question of Palestine, (unofficial transcript)

12 April 2002

Geneva - Press conference with Swiss Foreign Minister Joseph Deiss, Residence of the Swiss Ambassador (unofficial transcript)

Geneva - Press encounter on the situation in the Middle East, (unofficial transcript)

11 April 2002

Rome - Press conference with President Carlo Ciampi following ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)

10 April 2002

Rome - Press encounter with Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi

Madrid - Press conference by members of the "Quartet"

08 April 2002

Madrid - Questions and Answers at NGO Forum on Ageing, (unofficial transcript)

Madrid - Press encounter at the UN Second World Assembly on Ageing, (unofficial transcript)

04 April 2002

New York - Press encounter on the situation in the Middle East following presentation of gift by Germany (unofficial transcript)

01 April 2002

New York - Press encounter following Secretary-General's briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East and the question of Palestine (unofficial transcript)

New York - Statement to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East including the question of Palestine

27 March 2002

Beirut, Lebanon - Comments to the press following meeting Morocco's King Mohammed VI (unofficial transcript)

Beirut, Lebanon - Comments to Future TV following meeting with Prime Minister Rafic Hariri (unofficial transcript)

21 March 2002

Monterrey, Mexico - Press conference with the Heads of the Bretton Woods Institutions and the World Trade Organization (unofficial transcript)

19 March 2002

Mexico City - Press encounter with President Vicente Fox (unofficial transcript)

18 March 2002

Tegucigalpa - Press conference with President Ricardo Maduro Joest (unofficial transcript)

San Jose - Press encounter with President Rodriguez Echeverria (unofficial transcript)

15 March 2002

Managua - Press encounter (unofficial transcript)

15 March 2002

San Jose Airport - Press encounter upon arrival (unofficial transcript)

14 March 2002

Managua - Press encounter with President Enrique Bolanos of Nicaragua (unofficial transcript)

08 March 2002

New York - Press encounter following briefing to the Security Council on Iraq, (unofficial transcript)

07 March 2002

New York - Press encounter upon arrival at (unofficial transcript)

04 March 2002

New York - Press encounter upon arrival at (unofficial transcript)

01 March 2002

Berlin - Press encounter following meeting on the Global Compact, (unofficial transcript)

28 February 2002

Berlin - Press encounter with German Federal Defence Minister Rudolf Scharping, (unofficial transcript)

Berlin - Press conference with German Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schroder, (unofficial transcript)

25 February 2002

London - Press encounter outside No. 10 Downing Street, (unofficial transcript)

13 February 2002

Washington, DC - Press encounter of the Secretary-General and U.S. Senator Joe Biden, following informal an discussion on the global impact of HIV/AIDS with members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

09 February 2002

Salt Lake City, Utah - Press encounter following tour of Olympic Village, Salt Lake City

30 January 2002

Vienna - Address to UN staff at the Vienna International Centre

Vienna - Press encounter after meeting with Secretary-General of the Arab League, Amre Moussa, (unofficial transcript)

29 January 2002

Vienna - On the occasion of the opening of a UN Poster Exhibition, "For a Better World"

Vienna - Press conference after meeting with Foreign Minister of Austria, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, (unofficial transcript)

Vienna - Press encounter after meeting with President Thomas Klestil of Austria, (unofficial transcript)

27 January 2002

Doha - Interview with Al'Jazeera,

Doha - Press encounter upon arrival, (unofficial transcript)

Teheran Airport, Islamic Republic of Iran - Press encounter with members of the Young Journalists Club (unofficial transcript)

26 January 2002

Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran - Press conference with Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi (unofficial transcript)

25 January 2002

Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran - Press encounter upon arrival (unofficial transcript)

Kabul, Afghanistan - Joint press conference with Chairman of the Interim Authority, Hamid Karzai (unofficial transcript)

24 January 2002

Islamabad - Joint press conference with Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar (unofficial transcript)

Islamabad - Comments at the Pakistan Human Development Forum (unofficial transcript)

23 January 2002

Islamabad - Press encounter upon arrival at Islamabad airport (unofficial transcript)

Bangkok - Press conference with the Foreign Minister of Thailand (unofficial transcript)

22 January 2002

Tokyo - Encounter with CNN at conclusion of International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan (unofficial transcript)

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