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14 September 2001

New York - Press encounter outside Islamic Cultural Center

12 September 2001

New York - Press encounter following adoption of Security Council Resolution 1368 condemning terrorist attacks in the USA

10 September 2001

New York - Encounter following Security Council meeting which lifted sanctions against Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (unofficial transcript)

New York - Remarks upon arrival to UNHQ (unofficial transcript)

06 September 2001

Stockholm - Press encounter after delivering the Dag Hammarskjold Lecture (unofficial transcript)

Stockholm - Press encounter after lunch with Prime Minister Goran Persson of Sweden (unofficial transcript)

03 September 2001

Kigali - Press conference with President Paul Kagame (unofficial transcript)

Kigali - Remarks upon arrival (unofficial transcript)

Kisangani - (unofficial transcript)

Kisangani - Address to Civil Society (unofficial transcript)

02 September 2001

Kinshasa - Press conference (unofficial transcript)

Kinshasa - Following meeting with President Joseph Kabila (text unavailable)

01 September 2001

Kinshasa - At airport upon arrival (unofficial transcript)

Lusaka - Press encounter at the airport (en route from South Africa to the Democratic Republic of the Congo) (unofficial transcript)

01 September 2001

Durban - Press conference at the World Conference Against Racism

30 August 2001

Durban (Kingsmead Cricket Stadium) - Transcript of Q&A session after Secretary-General's address at NGO Forum, (unofficial transcript)

28 August 2001

Vienna - (Press conference following meeting with Federal Chancellor Schuessel of Austria, Fuschl

27 August 2001

St. Gilgen - Press encounter with Foreign Minister of Austria, Ms. Benita Ferrero-Waldner

21 August 2001

Oslo - Press encounter following luncheon with the Norwegian Minister of International Development, Anne Kristin Sydnes

Oslo - Impromptu press encounter following meeting at Norwegian Parliament (unofficial transcript)

20 August 2001

Oslo - Press encounter following luncheon hosted by Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thorbjorn Jagland (unofficial transcript)

Oslo - Press encounter following meeting with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg of Norway, (unofficial transcript)

02 August 2001

New York - Press encounter following Security Council meeting (unofficial transcript)

23 July 2001

New York - Secretary-General's remarks upon arrival to UNHQ, (unofficial transcript)

16 July 2001

Geneva - Press Encounter with International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Juan Somavia, (unofficial transcript)

Geneva - Press encounter (unofficial transcript)

13 July 2001

Berlin - Press Conference with German Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schr÷der (unofficial transcript)

12 July 2001

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

Berlin - Press Encounter by The Secretary General and German Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Joschka Fischer at the Foreign Ministry, (unofficial transcript)

Berlin - Secretary General's remarks to some 500 German/French graduate students at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, (unofficial transcript)

Munich - Speech by the Secretary-General in response to Bavarian Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber's welcome, (unofficial transcript)

Munich - Remarks to the Bavarian Police Training Institutions, (unofficial transcript)

10 July 2001

Lusaka - Secretary-General's Press Conference (unofficial transcript)

05 July 2001

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

04 July 2001

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Liberty Medal Press Conference, (unofficial transcript)

29 June 2001

New York - Press encounter following reappointment for a further five-year term as Secretary-General,

28 June 2001

New York - Press encounter following transfer of former President Slobodan Milosevic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

21 June 2001

London - Press encounter with Donald McKinnon, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth

London - Press encounter after meeting with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, (unofficial transcript)

19 June 2001

United Kingdom - Question and Answer session with the Secretary-General, following the Cyril Foster Lecture at Oxford University, (unofficial transcript)

17 June 2001

Jerusalem - Press conference with Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, (unofficial transcript)

16 June 2001

Ramallah - Press conference with Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian Authority (unofficial transcript)

15 June 2001

Beirut - Press encounter with Lebanese Foreign Minister Mahmoud Hammoud (unofficial transcript)

Beirut - Press encounter with Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafic Hariri, (unofficial transcript)

Beirut - Press encounter following meeting with Speaker of the Parliament, Nabih Berri, (unofficial transcript)

Beirut - Press conference following meeting with President Emile Lahoud of Lebanon, (unofficial transcript)

Beirut - Press encounter upon arrival in Beirut, with Foreign Minister Mahmoud Hammoud (unofficial transcript)

14 June 2001

Damascus - Press Conference (unofficial transcript)

13 June 2001

Cairo - Press encounter with Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Maher, (unofficial transcript)

Cairo - Press encounter after meeting with Egyptian President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, (unofficial transcript)

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