Secretary-General Visits East Timor

Secretary-General Kofi Annan visited East Timor as part of his official visit to Asia and the Pacific, 8-14 February. It was his first visit to East Timor after it was racked by post-referendum violence.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) meeting with Major General Peter John Cosgrove of Australia (second from right), Force Commander of the International Force in East Timor (INTERFET); Lieutenant General Jaime de los Sanots (left), Force Commander of United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET); and Bernard Miyet (second from left), UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations.