A remark by James Bone of The Times, London -- 'Your version of events don't really make sense' -- provoked Annan.
Annan had intended to visit the disaster-hit areas but was told by the government to postpone the trip as it was focused on relief and rescue operations.
The UN secretary-general said the rich only made promises, never came good on them.
External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh maintained that India will demand veto power if it gets the permanent seat in the Security Council.
Bush, US State Department express disgust at media images.
Sharma was confident that New Delhi would occupy its rightful place on the UNSC.
If nuclear weapon states take the plea that they need them for their own defence, they cannot tell the non-nuclear weapon states that they don't need them for the same purpose, he said.
Annan said the Muslims must forgive and the press must be more responsible.
The Syrian government has agreed to pull back its troops from cities and complete withdrawal of heavy weapons by April 10, United Nations-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan told the UN Security Council on Monday, even as Western nations expressed doubts that the new promises would be kept.
This will enable the entry of strong contenders like India into the council.
Talking of missed opportunities to strengthen the NPT regime, he said, "We cannot afford any more such squandered chances."
'I think resignation is comparatively easy. It is much more difficult to stay on and continue to do the job you are elected to do.'
They have asked for information to be provided before November 23.
Eminent economist and United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Nitin Desai has been appointed as Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Adviser for the World Summit on Information Society in December.
He expressed hope for positive changes in a world that faced a myriad of daunting challenges, ranging from poverty to global warming and terrorism.
Ross Mountain will replace Sergio Vieirra De Mello who was killed in a suicide attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad on August 19.
There is still time to take a decision, a top US diplomat said.
United States President Barack Obama held a videoconference with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss with him Syria, Iran, and stability in the oil markets.
Iran, meanwhile, has promised to help the Americans leave the region.
"The introdution of this landmark bus service is a tangible achievement of the composite dialogue between India and Pakistan," Annan said in a statement on Wednesday.
Chinmaya R Gharekhan's book The Horseshoe Table An Inside View of the UN Security Council was launched at the United Nations bookshop.
India has asked the international community to send a united message to the Syrian parties to give up their military approach, emphasising that further militarisation of the conflict will make a political solution more difficult and worsen the humanitarian crisis.
Japan and its allies will keep pushing to achieve UN Security Council reform by September, Japan's UN ambassador has said.
As violence in Syria worsens, India has called on all parties within and outside the troubled country to fully cooperate with international envoy Kofi Annan to bring an end to the crisis.
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