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...Peacekeeping Operations. In that office he oversaw 80,000 troops in 17 military operations. But his real entrance onto the world diplomatic stage came in August 1995, when he agreed to the launching of massive NATO air strikes against the Bosnian Serbs, a policy Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali adamantly opposed. The decision won Annan the admiration of the Clinton Administration, which began hatching plans to get Annan into the top spot...
...told TIME that "if the U.S. had gone ahead, it would have divided not only the U.N. but the international community...a good leader must also be a good follower." Of course, that kind of talk drives congressional Republicans batty. Annan enjoys more support on the Hill than Boutros-Ghali did, but he hasn't yet succeeded in getting Congress to pay back the more than $1 billion it owes...
...slashed 1,000 jobs and cut down on excessive paperwork. But his biggest reform has been the power surge in his staff's morale. "We haven't felt this good in years," says one staff member. His unassuming, workaday style contrasts with that of the more remote, supercilious Boutros-Ghali. "The difference is night and day," says one senior official. Annan eschews the Secretary-General's customary private elevator and often makes the rounds in the offices, talking with U.N. employees, asking about their families. A few years ago, a secretary who had been transferred to New York...
...years. I never said 15 years," laughs Counter, who has been at the Foundation for 17 years now. Over the years, he has helped student groups bring notables such as Mary Robinson, president of Ireland, Secretaries General of the United Nations Javier Perez-DeCullar and Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Nobel laureate and Archbishop Desmond Tutu to promote peace and intercultural understanding...
...recent years, the Foundation has brought such notable speakers as former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros-Boutros Ghali, poet and author Maya Angelou, author Graham Greene and ChangLin Tien, former chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley...