Excerpts from a BBC interview with the Secretary-General in New York

Title

Excerpts from a BBC interview with the Secretary-General in New York

Date

15 September 2004

Description

Excerpts from a critical interview with Secretary-General Kofi Annan conducted by the BBC in which Annan is challenged to say that the 2003 war in Iraq is illegal. He had previous said that the war "was not in conformity with the UN Charter" and in this interview says clearly that the war is illegal.

Type

Interview

Subject

United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General
Annan
Kofi A. (Kofi Atta)
Iraq and Elections in Iraq
Iraq and Legality of Iraq war

Coverage

Language

English

Source

United Nations

Format

PDF

Identifier

UN9199

Rights

United Nations

Publisher

BBC News

Collection

Citation

Kofi Annan with BBC, “Excerpts from a BBC interview with the Secretary-General in New York,” The Selected Papers of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan 1997-2006, accessed May 10, 2024, https://ccnydigitalscholarship.org/kofiannan/items/show/7875.

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