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...What kind of world would it be, and who would want to live in it, if every country was allowed to use force, without collective agreement, simply because it thought there might be a threat?” Annan said, to applause from the audience...
...Annan said that the U.S.-led war in Iraq had also detracted from the global effort to raise living standards among the world’s poor...
...While Annan implicitly criticized the Bush administration for not promoting multilateralism, he emphasized America’s historic contributions to international cooperation—such as the Marshall Plan, through which the United States provided economic aid to rebuild Europe after World War II—and asked graduates in other countries to “look beyond facile stereotypes” of America...
...Annan concluded his speech by imploring future U.S. leaders to “live up to America’s tradition of global commitment...
...KOFI A. ANNAN...