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Condoleezza Rice’s interview with Michael Grypiotis, Greek State Broadcasting

Athens (Greece) | 25 April 2006

QUESTION: Madame Secretary, I would like to welcome you to Athens.
SECRETARY RICE: Thank you.
QUESTION: And I would like to start with what’s making headlines: The President of Iran (inaudible) that the UN Security Council would not impose sanctions in his country and he also stated that (...)

Security Council commend the Haitian people for their participation in the second round of the parliamentary elections

New York (USA) | 25 April 2006

The members of the Security Council commend the Haitian people for their participation in the second round of the parliamentary elections, held on 21 April, and welcome the calm manner in which voting took place. These elections constitute clear evidence of the Haitian people’s commitment to (...)

Press statements following Russian-Kyrgyz talks

Moscow (Russia) | 24 April 2006

President Vladimir Putin: Ladies and Gentlemen,
It gives me genuine pleasure to receive in Moscow the President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Salievich Bakiev. It is symbolic that you have chosen our country for your first official visit abroad as head of state. This is yet another sign of the (...)

Rice says Iraqi people have framework to deal with Militias

Athens (Greece) | 24 April 2006

SECRETARY RICE: Well, we’re off to Greece and Turkey and then to a NATO ministerial in Bulgaria. The trips to Greece and Turkey are important to allow more consultations with two of the United States’ most important allies, NATO allies.
In the case of Greece, we have a good deal of work to (...)

European Union declaration on the adoption of the constitutional law in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brussels (Belgium) | 24 April 2006

In light of the upcoming vote of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
on the constitutional amendments proposed by the BiH Council of Ministers and endorsed
by the BiH Presidency, the European Union welcomes the recent adoption of this
important reform package by the (...)

Bush congratulates Iraqi Leadership on National Unity Government Agreement

Californie (Etats-Unis) | 22 April 2006

THE PRESIDENT: Today the Iraqi people reached an important milestone in their journey on democracy. Iraqi leaders announced agreement on the top leadership posts for a national unity government. This agreement represents compromise and consensus among many different Iraqi groups, and it came (...)

British Foreign Office Minister, Kim Howells, welcomes endorsement of new Afghan cabinet

London (United Kingdom) | 21 April 2006

I would like to congratulate the Afghan Parliament for a very smooth operation yesterday in voting to endorse the Cabinet Ministers proposed by President Karzai.
The vetting process, with two weeks of interviews, was thorough, rigorous and transparent and can only have increased public (...)

Jack Straw’s Interview on Iran and EU funding to Palestinian Authority

London (United Kingdom) | 19 April 2006

INTERVIEWER:
Jack Straw is in Saudi Arabia. He’s discussing among other things the European Union decision to suspend funding to the Hamas led Government of the Palestinian Authority.
As it happens there’s a Hamas delegation in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, at the same time looking for money (...)

Security Council members condemned the execution of Kuwaiti and third country nationals by the previous Iraqi regime

New York (USA) | 17 April 2006

On 17 April, members of the Security Council received a briefing from Ambassador Yuli Vorontsov, the Secretary-General’s High-Level Coordinator, on his activities in accordance with paragraph 14 of Security Council resolution 1284 (1999). Council members expressed their full support for (...)

In message to escap session, UN Secretary-General urges members to sustain world summit momentum

New York (USA) | 10 April 2006

It gives me great pleasure to send greetings and best wishes to the delegates attending the sixty-second annual session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. I thank the Government of Indonesia for hosting this important gathering.
I urge you to use (...)

UN Secretary-General highlights ‘Need to unlearn our collective prejudices’

New York (USA) | 10 April 2006

Thank you for this recognition of the United Nations work to promote civilizational dialogue. I thank you for giving me the first “Nodo” Prize. I am particularly honoured to have been considered for this award alongside humanitarians such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Shireen Ebadi, Amin (...)

Vladimir Putin’s opening remarks at Meeting of the Council for Implementation of Priority National Projects

7 April 2006

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN: Good afternoon, dear colleagues.
This is the second time we are meeting in this format to discuss issues related to the implementation of the national projects. Some results have already been achieved over the four months since our last meeting. It is important to (...)

Opening speech of Andris Piebalgs, EU Energy Commissioner, at the EU-India Business Conference on Energy

New Dehli (India) | 7 April 2006

Honourable Minister, Foreign Secretary, President, Secretary General, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It gives me a great pleasure to be here today in New Delhi at the opening of our 1st EU - India Business Conference on Energy. This event is a milestone in our cooperation in the field (...)

Iraqi people looking to leaders to form government, Bush says

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 6 April 2006

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Firoz, thanks a lot. So I said, that’s an interesting name. He said, I’ve lived in seven countries. But he also said he’s proud to be an American. And we’re proud you’re an American. Thank you very much for inviting me. (Applause.)
You know, I was just (...)

Rumsfeld, U.K.’s Reid Vow Support for Iraqi Political Process

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 6 April 2006

SEC. RUMSFELD: Good afternoon, folks.
I’m pleased to welcome to the Pentagon the Right Honorable John Reid, secretary of State for Defense of the United Kingdom. We’ve had good discussions today, as we have on many other occasions.
On this day in 1917, I’m told, that the United States (...)

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