Latest statements

01 June 2001

Washington, DC - Remarks and Question and Answer session to U.S. Chamber of Commerce, followed by press encounter, (unofficial transcript)

01 June 2001

Washington, DC - Encounter following meeting with U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell, (unofficial transcript)

25 May 2001

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

22 May 2001

New York - Remarks to the press following briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East

21 May 2001

New York - Press encounter upon arrival at UNHQ

20 May 2001

Medford, Massachusetts - Press encounter following commencement address [on climate change] at Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University

17 May 2001

Geneva - Press encounter at 54th World Health Assembly,

16 May 2001

Moscow - Press encounter after meeting with Igor Ivanov, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation (unofficial transcript)

Moscow - Press encounter after meeting with Guennady Seleznev, Speaker of the Russian Parliament

15 May 2001

Moscow - Press encounter after meeting with Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, (unofficial transcript)

14 May 2001

Brussels - Press encounter with Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh and EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, (unofficial transcript)

11 May 2001

New York - Press Encounter on return from Washington D.C., (unofficial transcript)

10 May 2001

New York - Press Encounter on departure from UN HQ to Washington D.C. (unofficial transcript)

09 May 2001

New York - Press encounter with CNN upon departure from UNHQ to Washington, D.C. (unofficial transcript)

07 May 2001

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

30 April 2001

New York - Press encounter upon return to UNHQ from Philadelphia (unofficial transcript)

30 April 2001

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Press encounter following Secretary-General's speech at the Annual Conference of the Council on Foundations (unofficial transcript)

28 April 2001

New York - Comments made to the press by the Searetary-General and Prime Minister Rafic Hariri of Lebanon, following their meeting at the Secretary-General's residence (unofficial transcript)

26 April 2001

Abuja - Press conference on OAU meeting on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Related Infectious Diseases (unofficial transcript)

26 April 2001

Abuja - Answer to question posed by journalist from Cote d'Ivoire after meeting with President Laurent Gbagbo

23 April 2001

Accra - Remarks on arrival in Kotoka International Airport

20 April 2001

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

19 April 2001

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

11 April 2001

New York - Remarks upon arrival at UNHQ, - on US/China relations (unofficial transcript)

09 April 2001

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

03 April 2001

Nairobi - Press encounter following meeting with Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi (unofficial transcript)

02 April 2001

Nairobi - Press conference (unofficial transcript)

01 April 2001

Nairobi - Remarks upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (unofficial transcript)

30 March 2001

Geneva - Press encounter, Palais des Nations (unofficial transcript)

29 March 2001

Bern Bernerhof - Press encounter following meeting with Swiss President Moritz Leuenberger and the Swiss Federal Council Delegation, (unofficial transcript)

27 March 2001

Amman - Remarks following meeting with the high-level Iraqi Delegation (unofficial transcript)

Amman - Remarks following meeting with President Emile Lahoud of Lebanon (unofficial transcript)

26 March 2001

Amman - Remarks following meeting with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, (unofficial transcript)

25 March 2001

Amman - Remarks made by the Secretary-General upon his arrival

23 March 2001

Washington, DC - Press encounter following meeting with President George W. Bush (unofficial transcript)

Washington, DC - Remarks by the Secretary-General and George W. Bush in Photo Opportunity at the White House (unofficial transcript)

Washington, DC - Press encounter following meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, (unofficial transcript)

17 March 2001

Hyderabad - Remarks upon departure from Hyderabad Airport

Hyderabad - Remarks at the Public Gardens

16 March 2001

New Delhi - Media Encounter following talks with Indian External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh, (unofficial transcript)

15 March 2001

New Delhi - Question and answer session after statement (SG/SM/7742) at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, (unofficial transcript)

New Delhi - Question and Answer session following statement (SG/SM/7741) at the United Services Institution of India, (unofficial transcript)

New Delhi - Press encounter upon arrival (unofficial transcript)

Dhaka - Statement to the press upon departure (unofficial transcript)

13 March 2001

Dhaka - Press Encounter on arrival at Zia International Airport, (unofficial transcript)

Kathmandu - Press Encounter on departure from Kathmandu Airport, (unofficial transcript)

12 March 2001

North West Frontier Province - Secretary-General's comments to Assembly of Afghan Elders, followed by question and answer session with the media, Shamshatoo Refugee Camp (unofficial transcript)

11 March 2001

Islamabad - Press encounter after meeting with the Chief Executive of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf (unofficial transcript)

Islamabad - Press encounter on arrival in (unofficial transcript)

28 February 2001

New York - Remarks after Security Council consultations on Iraq, (unofficial transcript)

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