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Secretary-General heads to Turkey, Kenya, Ethiopia and Switzerland

10 November 2006
Secretary-General Kofi Annan will speak about the need for dialogue among civilizations, climate change, development and biotechnology on different stops of his upcoming trip to Turkey, Kenya, Ethiopia and Switzerland, a United Nations spokesman announced today.

Annan arrives in Uruguay to attend Ibero-American Summit

2 November 2006
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay, today to attend the Ibero-American Summit, which he will address on its opening day tomorrow.

Secretary-General to attend Ibero-American summit in Uruguay

31 October 2006
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will leave tomorrow for Montevideo, Uruguay to attend the Ibero-American Summit, his office announced Tuesday.

Technical hitch forces Annan to delay visit to Caribbean nations by a day

2 August 2006
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has postponed his official visit to Haiti and the Dominican Republic by a day because of technical problems with the aircraft he was to travel in and will now depart New York tomorrow.

Annan to make official visit to Haiti and the Dominican Republic

1 August 2006
Secretary-General Kofi Annan travels tomorrow to Haiti and the Dominican Republic for an official visit during which he will hold talks with the political leadership of the Caribbean neighbours and senior officials and commanders from the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).
Annan in Germany

In Germany, Annan opens new UN complex, praises Government’s support

11 July 2006
Opening a new complex to house United Nations offices in Germany, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today praised the central role support for the world Organization has long played in German foreign policy.
Kofi Annan

Annan stresses energy security and its environmental consequences ahead of G-8 Summit

10 July 2006
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for next week’s Group of Eight Summit in Russia to focus on what energy security means for people living in developing countries and also to address the environmental consequences of energy consumption – especially the current “overwhelming and deeply entrenched reliance on fossil fuels.”

World airline traffic, set for robust growth through 2008 – UN forecast

3 July 2006
World airline scheduled passenger traffic is expected to show robust growth over the next three years following a strong rebound in 2004 and continued resilience in 2005, according to the latest medium-term forecasts from the United Nations aviation agency.

Annan leaves this week on trip to West Africa, Germany

27 June 2006
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan leaves this week for a five-nation trip to Africa, and then an official visit to Germany, during which he will attend the African Union (AU) Summit in Banjul, the Gambia, his spokesman announced today.

Annan travels to Europe for first meeting of Human Rights Council; wide-ranging talks

16 June 2006
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will be in Europe from Sunday for a host of discussions and meetings, including addressing the inaugural gathering of the new Human Rights Council on 19 June and discussing the troubled state of nuclear non-proliferation at a Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.