UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan addresses a press conference on the current situation in Iraq at the UN Headquarters in New York, the United States, April 28, 2004. Annan appealed to all parties in Iraq for refraining from violence, respecting international humanitarian law, and giving the process of political transition a chance. The world body is not intended to "take over" the security in Iraq, he added.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan addresses a press conference on the current situation in Iraq at the UN Headquarters in New York, the United States, April 28, 2004. Annan appealed to all parties in Iraq for refraining from violence, respecting international humanitarian law, and giving the process of political transition a chance. The world body is not intended to "take over" the security in Iraq, he added.