TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

The Secretary-General:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Let me also apologize for the delay, but I suspect you all knew what was happening, and it wasn’t in my hands.

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