For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 23, 2001
Remarks by the President and United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in Photo Opportunity
Outside the Oval Office
4:50 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Good
afternoon. It's my honor to welcome the Secretary General to
the Oval Office. My administration thinks he is doing an
excellent job as the Secretary General of the United Nations, and
therefore, we heartily endorse his second term as the Secretary
General.
I appreciate your willingness to serve a
second term, Mr. Secretary General, and I'm looking forward to working
not only to make sure that you serve a second term, but once that's
done, work closely with you to keep the peace and to make the world
more prosperous.
So, welcome.
THE SECRETARY GENERAL: Thank you
very much. Mr. President, I'm also looking forward to
working with you. And I'm very happy to be
here. We have many issues to work on together, and I'm
looking forward to our discussions this afternoon. We will
go over a whole range of issues, including HIV-AIDS, poverty, the
Balkans and African issues.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, sir.
Thank you, all. Have a great
weekend.
END
4:54 P.M. EST
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