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...world will celebrate United Nations Day tomorrow. The Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, will release a brief note expressing cautious pride at the state of humanity while warning us about unforeseen challenges in the future. From Argentina to Harvard to Zimbabwe, ceremonies will express the sentiments and thoughts of age-old cultures; music will play, symbolizing the harmony of cooperation; politicians will deliver flowery speeches. Oh, and perhaps ten to twenty people will be killed, and many hundreds wounded, in Israel and in the Palestinian territories...
...growing number of experts believe that this administration's effort to broker a Mideast deal just hasn't worked. Is it time for the U.S. to step aside and let somebody else try their hand at this - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, a European leader, or maybe the Russians...
...realistic. Ultimately we are the only country that can actually get something done. It isn't that we don't welcome help. Clearly Kofi was very helpful during this round. Other leaders who called Arafat were helpful. In a strange way it isn't we that are seeking the central role. They come...
...keep it from flaring up again. Arafat even softened his demand for an international probe. But outside, diplomacy had become a three-ring circus. President Hosni Mubarak had already booked Albright, Barak and Arafat for Egypt the next day so he could preside over the negotiations. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan had flown to Paris, eager to jump in. And French President Jacques Chirac sat in the Elysee Palace waiting for his turn...
There is a growing need for spirituality among everyday people. TIME's report has given us hope in a humanity exemplified by people like Kofi Annan. He is a man of honor and spirituality, and in his actions he has shown respect for every human being, regardless of social status, nationality or religion. I thank him for his courage and wisdom. GERALDINE RENOUARD Paris...