(31 Mar 1998) T/I: 10:41:33
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan arrived in Beijing on Tuesday (31/03) to discuss details of last month's agreement he brokered with Baghdad that has allowed UN arms officials access to Iraq's presidential palaces for weapons inspections.
Annan met with Chinese deputy prime minster and former foreign minister Qian Qichen as part of his tour of permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, and both gave a joint press conference after their discussions.
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BEIJING, CHINA 31/03
WS Diaoyutai State Guest house;
WS UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, and Chinese Vice Premier, Qian Qichen;
SOT (in English) with Annan, saying: "As I have said, the international community came together. The permanent five and security council are supporting to maintain that unity and encourage Iraq to comply, in the hope that once it has done its duty and fulfilled the resolutions the security council will look at what needs to be done on the sanctions.";
CA press;
SOT (in Mandarin) with Qichen, saying: "We have made the decision to sign the agreement on human versus government rights (convention on human rights) and we are willing to live by those rules. People will know when we sign it.";
CA press;
SOT (in English) with Annan, saying: "The fact that they have announced to sign - is indication that they have lived up to expectations and discussions. Encourage that they have invited Robinson, Human rights high commissioner to visit China. Both Robinsons and myself are very pleased and we will look forward to working with China as we have with other countries.";
CA press;
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