Kofi Annan
French President Jacques Chirac (L) speaks with Algerian counterpart Abdellaziz Bouteflika, 21 March 2002, at a meeting on African development aside the United Nations conference on global aid to the poor in Monterrey. World leaders called for a global mobilization against poverty but got a stark warning from UN chief Kofi Annan that the campaign could flop if they fail to cough up more money.
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If anything, it’s likely to explode, and explode beyond its own borders
The world is starting to grasp that there is no policy more effective in promoting development, health and education than the empowerment of women and girls. And I would venture that no policy is more important in preventing conflict, or in achieving reconciliation after a conflict has ended.
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Hillary Clinton expected to make big bucks for speeches
, brings in.The agency also represents her husband, former Vice President Dick Cheney and former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan . It didn't return calls for comment, but political experts say a possible presidential candidate could demand quite a high fee."I Read more »
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Darfur after 10 years: ‘My job is not done’, says Mukesh Kapila
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African Progress Panel Urges Leaders to Exploit Resources
celebrates the 50th anniversary of its founding, a group of respected leaders and activists led by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is urging African leaders to maximize the continent's natural resource potential. The African Progress Panel released from AllAfrica.com Read more »
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Annan urges pluralism, diversity in global peace
pluralism and diversity to deliver peace, security and prosperity in the 21st century, says former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan. Delivering the annual lecture at the Global Center for Pluralism, the Nobel Peace Prize winner said Thursday that diversity from SINA English Read more »
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Syria’s civil war ‘likely to explode,’ Annan says
United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan is warning that Syria’s increasingly sectarian civil war threatens to “explode” beyond its borders and that the remaining hope rests on forging the united international pressure for a political agreement that has from Globe and Mail Read more »
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openDemocracy Feature: Valerie Hudson – The foundation of human security in every society
2006, then-Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, said: “The world is starting to grasp that there is no policy more effective in promoting development, health and education than the empowerment of women and girls. And I would venture that no from Humanitarian News Read more »
