Q: Could you just tell us about your tour of the building, why you're going through the building?

SG: I wanted to go and see my colleagues and my friends for myself to make sure that they are all alright, and that they are coping in these traumatic times, and that they are managing the crisis both at home and here, and to console each other, and to let them know that we are in this together.

Q: Why did you write that the UN could be a source of global legitimacy for any coalition? Why are you stressing this point?

SG: I think we have a real crisis that affects the entire international community. What happened was a crime against our common humanity, and we need to stand together to fight terrorism. And I think the membership at large should work together and share information and decide not to shelter terrorists, decide not to let their systems be used by terrorists. And that is the only way we are going to defeat terrorism.

Q: Would you favor sanctions on countries that don't cooperate?

SG: I think the Security Council is seized of the problem, and they are discussing the issue now. And I think that pressure has to be put on, in the sense that all Governments should cooperate. If there is no shelter and no logistical support and no possibility for them to launder money, we will see fewer terr

Q: Is the building safe?

SG: I hope so. I think it's safe, because we are working very hard. In fact, the chief of security is talking to the staff, explaining to them all the measures that have been taken, walking them through the drills. I think we are quite safe.

Q: Do you worry about US over-retaliation?

SG: I think the statement by the President [George W. Bush] yesterday was balanced, it was a good statement, and he was able to describe the broad nature of the fight against terrorists. It's not just military action, but the broader set of initiatives and cooperative actions that Member States will have to take. And I think the President and the US administration, I am sure, are conscious of the need not to over-react.

Q: There was a vicious article in a New York paper critical of you and the UN itself, saying that the UN has done nothing to help in this type of situation. Are you offended by that?

SG: I'm not offended, but it is obvious that the author has not been paying attention to what the Security Council has done.

Q: And what you've done.

SG: And what I've done, and what the General Assembly has done. And so I treat that article with sympathetic understanding, and I hope when [she] catches up with what has happened here, [she] will write a different article.

Q: Any plans for UN administration of Afghanistan? Are you talking about that with the US?

SG: No. Not yet. We have not discussed that.*****