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Sachs has established himself as an internationally renowned economist who is currently advising United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on how to achieve the U.N. Millennium Development Goals—a major global initiative to cut worldwide poverty in half...
...take courageous stands often are not reelected," says Kennedy. "Then over time, people recognize the courage that they had to stand up for what they believed." As president of the Foundation, Kennedy helps choose the recipients. This year they included the first international honoree, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, whom Kennedy calls "an outstanding and courageous figure...
...looks remarkably fit when seen, usually sitting or standing, on TV. Invariably he now appears wearing immaculately tailored suits in place of the green army fatigues he once favored. Iraqis say he has not worn his uniform publicly since 1998, when, according to local legend, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan told him his image would vastly improve if he donned a statesman's suit instead...
George Bush's call for a Middle East peace conference gives the region a new structure to build on, and this week Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will visit Washington for talks. But life in the West Bank and Israel remains grim. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has tabled the Security Council initiative to send a team to visit Jenin, revealing just how contentious the key issues...
These are unusually public days for Caroline Kennedy, 44. Her book Profiles in Courage for Our Time, an update of her father's Pulitzer prizewinner, came out just as one of this year's Profile in Courage Awards was given to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Kennedy spoke to TIME's Andrea Sachs...