KENYA: UNITED NATIONS GENERAL SECRETARY KOFI ANNAN ARRIVES IN NAIROBI TO BEGIN HIS TWO DAY STATE-VISIT
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KENYA: UNITED NATIONS GENERAL SECRETARY KOFI ANNAN ARRIVES IN NAIROBI TO BEGIN HIS TWO DAY STATE-VISIT
- Title: KENYA: UNITED NATIONS GENERAL SECRETARY KOFI ANNAN ARRIVES IN NAIROBI TO BEGIN HIS TWO DAY STATE-VISIT
- Date: 7th July 2004
- Summary: (U6) NAIROBI, KENYA (JULY 7, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. UN SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN'S PLANE 0.05 2. VARIOUS OF KENYAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND UNITED NATIONS OFFICIALS (2 SHOTS) 0.11 3. KOFI ANNAN AND HIS WIFE NANE ANNAN ALIGHTING FROM PLANE 0.29 4. VARIOUS OF ANNAN GREETING KENYAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS 0.37 5. PLANE TAIL 0.41 6. MORE OF ANNAN SHAKING HANDS 0.47 7. ANNAN WALKING PAST, ACCOMPANIED BY KENYA'S FOREIGN MINISTER (2 SHOTS) 0.55 (W8) NAIROBI, KENYA (JULY 7, 2004) (REUTERS) 8. VARIOUS EXTERIOR OF UN BUILDING IN NAIROBI; FLAGS (3 SHOTS) 1.09 9. WS/CU: WORKERS IN UN BUILDINGWAITING FOR ANNAN; UN GLOBE SYMBOL (2 SHOTS) 1.19 10. ANNAN AND WIFE NANE ANNAN ARRIVING IN UN BUILDING 1.34 11. ANNAN BEING GREETED BY OFFICIALS (2 SHOTS) 1.41 12. VARIOUS OF ANNAN SIGNING GUEST BOOK (3 SHOTS) 2.06 13. VARIOUS OF MUSIC GROUP SINGING TO ANNAN (5 SHOTS) 2.29 14. VARIOUS OF ANNAN WALKING WITH OFFICIALS (3 SHOTS) 2.41 15. ANNAN AND WIFE WALKING; RECEIVING FLOWERS FROM CHILDREN (2 SHOTS) 2.59 16. VARIOUS CHILDREN SINGING (3 SHOTS) 3.13 17. ANNAN LISTENING 3.16 18. OFFICIALS SEATED (2 SHOTS) 3.25 19. VARIOUS OF ANNAN'S IN PHOTO-OP WITH CHILDREN (2 SHOTS) 3.41 20. VARIOUS OF ANNAN'S WIFE RECEIVING GIFT FROM CHILDREN (3 SHOTS) 4.06 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: NAIROBI, KENYA
- Country: Kenya
- Reuters ID: LVA5K2ZLOQM7PUWDACU90BQRHXVV
- Story Text: The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan
arrived in Kenya on Wednesday, accompanied by his wife, for
a two day state-visit.
The UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan arrived in
Nairobi on Wednesday (July 7) after attending the African
Union Summit in Ethiopia.
He visited the United Nations office in Nairobi, which
is the largest United Nations Office in Africa, where he
was greeted with a traditional African band and signed the
UN office guest book before being invited to listen to
children singing and dancing.
Annan had earlier visited displaced people's camps in
Western Sudan's Darfur region and Sudanese refugee camps in
Chad.
One of the main agendas discussed at the African Union
Summit was how to curb an ongoing conflict in Western Sudan.
The conflict has been described by the United Nations
as one of the worst humanitarian disasters.
While in Kenya, Annan will also meet with Kenya's
President Mwai Kibaki and negotiators of the Sudan and
Somalia peace processes.
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