One gets the impression that other countries are suspicious that the secretary general and his aides are really puppets being manipulated by Washington.

As one of his aides once said, he has antifreeze in his blood... He is a very cool character, and when you judge him by his public performances you would think that everything is hunky-dory and going great. But an analytical assessment of the situation shows he is in trouble, despite the brave face that he's putting on.

Secretary-General Takebe and others were in a frenzy to make him a hero.

We want to make it clear to the U.N. Secretary-General ( Kofi Annan ) himself that those sites are well-defined.

Now a very important moment has come for U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to go there (Iraq),

I find it hard to believe that one of his aides didn't find it salient to know before he voted. If he said he didn't know, then he's just not doing his job. It's just appalling. That's hardly any kind of excuse.