Statement by the Press Secretary: President to Welcome United Nations Secretary-General to the White House

President Bush will meet with United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the White House on February 13, 2006. There are many important issues on which the United Nations is deeply engaged ranging from U.N. reform and protection and promotion of human rights to the preservation of international peace and security and the provision of humanitarian and development assistance. The President looks forward to his meeting with Secretary-General Annan to discuss these and other topics of mutual concern.