The Collected Papers of Kofi Annan Un Secretary-General, 1997-2006

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.