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In New Year's message, Annan asks world to battle ills that kill millions

24 December 2003
In a New Year message declaring that the war in Iraq had distracted efforts in 2003 to deal with threats that are more real to most people, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appealed to world leaders to make 2004 "the year when we begin to turn the tide" against ills that kill millions annually.
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Annan discusses key global issues with Chinese Premier

7 December 2003
Regional hotspots and global epidemics were among the topics touched on today during talks in New York between United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and China's Prime Minister, Wen Jiabao.
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'We must persevere,' Annan tells Geneva staff in first visit since Baghdad bombing

10 September 2003
In his first opportunity to speak with United Nations staff in Geneva since the 19 August bombing of UN headquarters in Baghdad, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today offered words of comfort and exhorted them to continue their work.
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Annan welcomes Iraqis at Security Council session

22 July 2003
Welcoming the first Iraqis to address the United Nations Security Council since the fall of Saddam Hussein, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called Baghdad’s new Governing Council “an important step towards the full restoration of Iraqi sovereignty” and laid out five guiding principles for international action.
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Annan and Bush discuss US role in UN peacekeeping force for Liberia

14 July 2003
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and United States President George W. Bush today discussed a stabilization plan for war-torn Liberia under which the United States would assist a UN peacekeeping force composed of West African nations.

Annan to meet Bush in Washington on Monday for wide-ranging talks

10 July 2003
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan plans to travel to Washington on Monday to meet with United States President George W. Bush and his advisers for wide-ranging discussions, including Africa, which both are currently visiting, and on the Middle East.

Annan urges French-speaking parliamentarians to cooperate more closely with the UN

10 July 2003
Secretary-General Kofi Annan commended efforts by international French-speaking parliamentarians to resolve global conflicts and urged them to cooperate more closely with the United Nations in the area of electoral assistance and the promotion of democracy.

In Geneva, Annan meets with UN officials and staff

27 June 2003
Kicking off his visit to the United Nations complex in Geneva today, Secretary-General Kofi Annan held a series of meetings with various UN officials, advisers and personnel.
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Annan heads to Geneva for talks with senior UN officials

26 June 2003
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan left London today for Geneva, where he will meet with senior UN officials as well as address the high-level segment of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) next week.

In London, Annan holds talks with Blair and other UK senior officials

25 June 2003
Continuing his travels abroad, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan met in London today with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, whom he briefed on his visit to Amman, Jordan, and the Quartet discussions on the Middle East, according to a UN spokesperson in New York.