Word: kofi
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...Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the U.N.: "I appeal to all involved to avoid the use of bombs and violence and really get back to the negotiating table." (Avoid? As in: "I appeal to Mr. Cunanan to avoid murdering people...
...Kofi N. Kankam '97, also a Dunster resident, says that although the house may have been tolerant in the past, it was not ethnically diverse...
According to Kofi, randomization has added diversity to the house. He cites the paucity of black students over the past few years in the house as an example. Kofi says that a blocking group of 10 to 15 black students was randomized into Dunster this year. A couple of years ago, there were only a few blacks living in the house...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Assuring President Clinton that the United Nations will move boldly to reform its bureaucracy, new Secretary-General Kofi Annan met with Clinton, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and other U.S. leaders in hopes of convincing Congress to pay some $1 billion in back dues to the organization. Clinton and Albright met with Annan shortly after Albright's swearing-in ceremony Thursday morning. Clinton seemed satisfied with Annan's presentation. "As long as the United Nations does its part, we should simply be prepared to pay our debts and pay our dues," the President said...
...lunchtime the champagne corks were popping on the 37th floor of the United Nations Secretariat in New York City. The preceding weeks had been filled with intense diplomatic scuffling, terminating in one final big-power temper tantrum. But by 1 o'clock Friday afternoon, it was certain that Kofi Annan of Ghana was to be the seventh Secretary-General of the U.N., succeeding the reluctantly retiring Boutros Boutros-Ghali on Jan. 1. The jubilation in the U.N. building was heartfelt: Annan was perhaps the most popular candidate among those who worked for the organization. But will an insider bring...