AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, MAR 15, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father received today in separate audiences:

- Koichiro Matsuura, director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (U.N.E.S.C.O.), accompanied by his entourage.
- Six prelates of the Conference of Latin Bishops in the Arab Regions (C.E.L.R.A.), on the occasion of their "ad limina" visit.
- Archbishop Jean Benjamin Sleiman of Baghdad of the Latins, Iraq.
- Bishop Georges Perron of Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti.
- Archbishop Paul Dahdah, apostolic vicar of Beirut of the Latins, Lebanon.
- Bishop Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, apostolic vicar of Arabia, United Arab Emirates.
- Bishop Francis Adeodatus Micallef, apostolic vicar of Kuwait.
- Bishop Armando Bortolaso, apostolic vicar of Alep, Syria.
- Cardinal Roger Etchegaray.

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