Annan urges Bolton to 'get yourself confirmed' as Washington's UN envoy

WASHINGTON - John Bolton, the George W. Bush administration's choice for ambassador to the United Nations, told US lawmakers Monday that he had received words of support for his candidacy from UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
"He said, 'get yourself confirmed quickly'," Bolton told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at his confirmation hearing, summing up a brief recent phone conversation with Annan.
Bolton recounted the exchange to underscore his assertion that he is willing and able to work with other UN countries if confirmed to the post, despite having frequently dismissed the organization as corrupt and irrelevant.

04/11/2005 15:16 GMT