Kofi Atta Annan

Nader Mousavizadeh

A former secretary-general of the United Nations shares his perspectives on the terrorist attacks of September 11; the American invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan; the humanitarian tragedies of Somalia, Rwanda, and Bosnia; and the geopolitical transformations following the Cold War.

A Life in War and Peace

Interventions

Elie Wiesel

In this book, the reader can share their thoughts on intolerance, anti-Semitism and what can be done to end this longest surviving for of bigotry that has brought suffering and destruction to millions of ordinary people. Their thoughtful and passionate words explore the issue and their hopes for the future.

Confronting Anti-Semitism

The thousands of documents in this five-volume set illuminate the complexity and texture of the workings of the United Nations as they trace the activities of Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the conceptual evolution of his ideas. With the cooperation of the Executive Office of the Secretary-General in the release of previously classified material, the documents encompass internal notes, letters, speeches, transcripts of interviews and press conferences, formal statements and off-the-cuff comments to the press, op-ed pieces, reports to the Security Council and General Assembly, briefings by the spokesman for the SG, and more. The chronological presentation tells the story of ideas, events, relationships, conflicts, and crises as they unfolded. The documents are divided into five volumes: 1997¿1999, 2000¿2001, 2002¿2003, 2004¿2005, and 2006. Each document is preceded by the editor¿s annotations, which provide context as well as key words, and each volume is thoroughly indexed. In addition, Volume 5 includes an index of the entire five volumes.

Un Secretary-General, 1997-2006

The Collected Papers of Kofi Annan

United Nations. Department of Public Information

This publication presents a selection of quotes from the speeches and statements of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, covering the period from his election as Secretary-General in December 1996 through March 1998. Taken together, the Secretary-General's statements during his first year in office constitute a wide-ranging commentary on the challenges faced by the international community, and are a guide to United Nations policies and to its efforts to realize the goals of its founding Charter.--Publisher's description.

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