Christoph
31-12-06, 22:14
UNITED NATIONS - Kofi Annan steps down as UN secretary-general at midnight Sunday, leaving behind a global organization far more aggressively engaged in peacekeeping and fighting poverty - but struggling to restore its tarnished reputation.
Taking office six years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Annan helped preside over a decade that saw the world unite against terrorism after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, then divide deeply over the U.S.-led war against Iraq which toppled Saddam Hussein.
At a Millennium Summit in September 2000, he spurred world leaders to adopt a blueprint to wage a global war on poverty and bring the United Nations into the 21st century.
Five years later, he called a follow-up summit to mark the UN’s 60th anniversary. Hoping to complete the bold changes, he sought to promote development, ensure international security and end human rights abuses. History’s largest gathering of world leaders took a first step, but it fell far short.
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Taking office six years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Annan helped preside over a decade that saw the world unite against terrorism after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, then divide deeply over the U.S.-led war against Iraq which toppled Saddam Hussein.
At a Millennium Summit in September 2000, he spurred world leaders to adopt a blueprint to wage a global war on poverty and bring the United Nations into the 21st century.
Five years later, he called a follow-up summit to mark the UN’s 60th anniversary. Hoping to complete the bold changes, he sought to promote development, ensure international security and end human rights abuses. History’s largest gathering of world leaders took a first step, but it fell far short.
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