(21 Mar 1998) T/I: 10:10:16
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Friday called for an Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon but said discussions behind "closed doors" with both sides are needed to define the modalities of the pullout.
SHOWS:
BEIRUT, LEBANON 20/03
WS exterior Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA);
VS convoy arriving;
Kofi Annan entering the building;
street;
WS Annan on podium, applause from audience;
SOT Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General (in English) "I want to offer heartfelt thanks of the UN to the Lebanese governement the move to this building not possible without your help gateway to promising future for whole of the region";
CA audience;
SOT Annan (in English) "The UN has been reaffirmed. Access of the UN inspectors has expanded to include any and all sites. The authority of the head of UNSCOM has been acknowledged , whether the threat has been averted is now in the hands of the Iraqi leadership - it is now for them to comply in practice what they have signed on paper - if they do it will bring nearer the day when they can then return to family of nations";
CA Lebanese Foreign Minister Fares Bouez;
MS Annan inauguratuing building;
MS applause;
VS Annan shaking hands meeting Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri; Annan walking;
Annan meeting Lebanese parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri;
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