Annan Says 'Concessions' Made to Saddam
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in an interview broadcast Sunday that "concessions" were made to Saddam Hussein to win his agreement to the oil-for-food program because there were concerns the Iraqi people would starve without it.
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LONDON: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday that a crackdown on insurgents in Iraqi hotspots like Fallujah must be calibrated to avoid losing a battle for the hearts and minds of Iraqis.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan said on Monday that resignations of several senior  officials gave him a chance to reshuffle his team, under fire  in Washington because of the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said after meeting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Thursday that he believes Tehran is taking &quot;very seriously&quot; an offer of incentives to roll back its disputed nuclear program.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said   on Thursday that Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki   had told him Tehran was seriously considering an offer of   incentives aimed at defusing a row over its nuclear program.
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UN secretary-general Kofi Annan said he was &quot;disappointed&quot; at news his son was receiving payment from a firm involved in Iraq&#39;s oil-for-food programme.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday that with the help of the United Nations, the technical preparations for Iraq&#39;s elections in January are on track, but continued violence would affect the process.
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The United States gave UN Secretary General Kofi Annan a belated show of support but said the United Nations remains under a cloud over allegations of corruption in Iraq.
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Relieved at the end of a "horrible year," Secretary-General Kofi Annan insisted Tuesday he has no intention of resigning over an embattled U.N. program to aid Iraqis and will pursue sweeping reforms in his remaining two years in office.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said   Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday reaffirmed   support for a U.N. resolution on Lebanon and his determination   to negotiate an end to Tehran's nuclear standoff with the West.
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NEW YORK: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan admitted yesterday he was &quot;disappointed&quot; over revelations his son Kojo received payments under the controversial oil-for-food program in Iraq.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was &quot;very disappointed and surprised&quot; that his son received payments until February from a firm that had a contract with Iraq&#39;s oil-for-food program that is the subject of numerous corruption investigations.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, under fire in Congress over a troubled oil program for Iraq, received some friendly advice last month in a private meeting with former U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and other foreign policy experts.
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UN chief Kofi Annan is to help mediate in negotiations to free two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday that Iraq is close to civil war, as the Bush administration stepped up diplomatic efforts to stabilize the wartorn country.
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Iraq said it wanted its money  back from the scandal-tainted U.N. oil-for-food program on  Friday as Secretary-General Kofi Annan vowed to get to the  bottom of wrongdoing by U.N. staff.
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WASHINGTON -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, fending off Republican demands for his resignation over alleged corruption, said yesterday he will expand UN support for Iraqi elections if need be. He said he was not offended that President Bush did not ask to see him during this visit to Washington.