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...Arabic, Russian, Chinese, and American Sign Language “to a lesser degree.” What’s next? Hopefully Swahili. Not surprisingly, his dream job is to work for the UN. His cell phone is programmed in French and Iranian posters cover his walls. Kofi Annan, take note. Blockmate Ekua K. Nkyekyer ’07 relates a story of Terrelonge’s mad language skills. While riding on a bus together, she recalls, he held a conversation with two Persian native speakers who told him his abilities were ‘amazing...
...Annan to Bid Adieu United Nations chief's farewell Kofi Annan makes his last major speech as Secretary-General this week in Missouri. (Ban Ki-Moon takes over on Jan. 1.) The topic: the need for accountability in U.S. foreign policy...
...Juan Mendez, Kofi Annan's special advisor on the prevention of genocide, told TIME that the targeting of minorities based solely on religion in Iraq, the extent of the violence there, the lack of central control, and the fact that Iraq has already experienced genocide, "constitute warning signs that we take very seriously." He stressed that those warning signs can be present in conflicts and never rise to the level of genocide, but that his office is watching the situation closely. If the situation in Iraq did deteriorate, Mendez said, "I would not hesitate to request armed troops to protect...
...Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, recognized only by Turkey. There is no direct cooperation between the two sets of authorities, who for all practical purposes refuse to recognize the jurisdiction of each other. Efforts to reunify Cyprus have consistently failed, most recently when U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan proposed a comprehensive plan that would have compensated Greek Cypriots for land lost to Turks and ensured the security of Turkish Cypriots, reunifying the island under a single government. In separate referendums, 76% of Greek Cypriots rejected the plan; Turkish Cypriots voted overwhelmingly in favor. Cyprus was admitted to the European Union...
...that had benefited from debt relief back into the red. But the harshest criticism has been over China's role in Sudan, where it owns some 40% of the country's oil production facilities. Critics charge that Beijing has failed international efforts to stop what U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has called the genocide currently under way in the country's Darfur region - and that China has even impeded the efforts of others...