Annan meets with French President on peace, development and UN reform

UN News Center ^ | Nov 7, 2005

[Hadean]

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan met today in with French President Jacques Chirac in Paris, where he arrived yesterday at the start of two-week trip that will also take him to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Pakistan.

Mr. Annan and Mr. Chirac had a wide ranging discussion covering Syria and Lebanon, Côte d'Ivoire, Iraq, UN reform and development issues, according to a UN spokesperson.

Immediately following his meeting with the President, the Secretary-General took off for Cairo, where he will begin a two-day official visit tomorrow morning.

Early in that visit, he is expected to deliver a lecture in honour of the late Nadia Younes, who was killed in the 2003 attack on UN headquarters in Baghdad. UN officials said Mr. Annan will pay tribute to her legacy in his address, calling her "almost a prototype of the modern Egyptian woman."

[Hadean]

Riots? What riots?

[HHKrepublican_2]

J'mapple Mooslims

[ARealMothersSonForever]

You simply can not make up irony like this. This is one time when I think the mediots got it right.

[counterpunch]

This must be very embarassing for France, especially considering the topics.

[Buffettfan]

How the hell does Chiraq have time to meet with anybody expect his governemnt to figure out how to get their sorry asses out of this mess? Maybe KoffeeCup is helping him draft a surrender package.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

Oh LMFAO at these one-world idiots.

[Mayflower Sister]

Something about Blind,.... blind...

Oh yea, the clueless leading the clueless.

[ChadGore]

Pay no attention to the 20,000 cars burned this year.

The people love me.

< / french delusion >

[Element187]

"Annan meets with French President on peace, development and UN reform"

ya.. like the rest of the world needs Chiracs lessons on peace...

[YouPosting2Me]

Chirac: "Okay Annan, what's it gonna take to get you into one of these cars TODAY? They're moving like hot cakes. Make me an offer and I will run it by my manager. c'mon, it's a Fire Sale!!!.

[JohnLongIsland]

what is this country still doing in the u.n.?

[lawdude]

Hell, they are just making sure their stories about oil-for-money are straight! Gotta help the "best bud", doncha know!

[mattdono]

Chirac to Annan: Mr. Secretary General, the one thing I wanted to point out during your trips is the excellent youth programs we have in France. The UN should model their youth learning programs after those we have practiced in France for decades. One only needs to look to the lovely streets and byways of our fair city, the City of Lights, to see our productive youth at work.

[timsbella]

Right on! Getting their stories straight and making sure the Al Jazeera cameras capture their best sides...reality TV with Jacques and Kofi.

[thoughtomator]

You can't make this stuff up, sheesh. This could make a 2-year-old go "WTF??"

[Cicero]

The Odd Couple. (Photo June 2005.)

[fish hawk]

I was thinking the same thing! Shouldn't the French President be a little too busy about now to be wasting his time with Annan?

[R.W.Ratikal]

Oh great! The head of the most corrupt, crooked and scandal-ridden organization on Earth, Annan of the United Nations,is meeting with the president of the most apeasement oriented, surrender-prone, terrorist torn country in Europe to plan peace.

Talk about too little, too late!