Leonid Kuchma and Kofi Annan

Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma, right, gestures as he speaks to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan during their meeting at the presidential Mariyinskiy palace in Kiev Monday, June 3, 2002. During his three-day visit to Ukraine, Kofi Annan is also to meet with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Anatoliy Zlenko, other government leaders, and health authorities on HIV/AIDS problems. Photo by Valery Solovyov / UNIAN