EXPLORATIONS - World Summit in New York Will Mark 60th Anniversary of the United Nations By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I

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Annan Challenges World Leaders to Overhaul UN Operations The secretary-general Monday outlined the most comprehensive overhaul of the United Nations since it was founded in 1945. The planned changes w

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Annan Unveils Comprehensive UN Reform Plan Secretary General Kofi Annan has unveiled a sweeping plan to reform the United Nations and sharply increase its authority in world affairs. From U.N. headqua

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By Scott Bobb Nairobi 08 February 2008 In Kenya, government and opposition negotiators have wrapped up a week of talks saying progress has been made toward resolving the crisis over December's elections. However, chief negotiator Kofi Annan says deta

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1. Kofi Annan says he can not continue a special envoy for Syria. Annan says instead of giving the Syrian people the action they desperately need. The Security Council continues to engage in finger-pointing and name-calling. 2. A university of Colora

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By Peter Heinlein New York 17 September 2006 President Bush heads a long list of world leaders and government ministers gathering in New York this week for the annual U.N. General Assembly debate. This year's event takes on added significance, with

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 26 May 2006 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on Burma's military government to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest. Mr. Annan issued the call in Thailand on the last stop of a f

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By Efam Dovi Accra 24 January 2007 Kofi Annan (file photo) Former United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan, Tuesday retuned to his home country, Ghana, to a rousing welcome. It is the first time Mr. Annan has returned to Ghana, since leaving the

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The U.S. population has passed the 300-million mark in the past decade, with non-white groups accounting for most of that growth. A new study of census data for 100 major metropolitan areas in the U.S. shows that many black, Asian, Hispanic, foreign-

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Secretary of State Colin Powell and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan held talks Thursday centering on U.N. support for next month's Iraqi elections. Mr. Powell, in what was probably his last meeting with Mr. Annan before leaving office next month, s

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Rice Urges Compromise Following One-Day Trip to Nairobi By Scott Bobb Nairobi 18 February 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Monday urged the parties in Kenya's reconciliation talks to compromise and share power. The U.S. official met Keny

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 17 October 2007 Former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, calls climate change one of the most critical and threatening issues in the world today. Annan Wednesday launched a new organization, the Global Humanitarian

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By Franz Wild Abidjan 03 July 2006 African leaders meeting at an African Union summit in Gambia on Sunday agreed to extend the mandate of their peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region until at least December. The summit also endorsed Senegal's decisio

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 19 February 2008 Negotiations aimed at ending a political deadlock in Kenya have resumed after a four-day pause. While both the government and opposition continue to express optimism that the talks will succeed, there has as y

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By Peter Heinlein United Nations 14 December 2006 Ban Ki-Moon of South Korea has been sworn in as the eighth U.N. secretary-general of the United Nations. VOA's Peter Heinlein at the U.N. reports, Mr. Ban will take over the job when Kofi Annan steps

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 05 February 2008 More than 300 Kenyan business leaders are offering their support for former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's mediation effort in the country's political crisis. During a meeting in Nairobi, the group called

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 20 February 2008 Kenya's opposition has said it will launch another round of demonstrations if mediation efforts fail to resolve a political crisis in the next week. The government and opposition have failed to agree on an acc

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今天我们要学的词是 envoy. Envoy 是特使的意思。Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan resigned as international peace envoy for Syria. 前联合国秘书长安南辞去了叙利亚国际和平特使的职务。A UN human rights envoy v

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By Alan Boswell Nairobi 08 October 2009 Former UN Sec. General Kofi Annan(R) leaves the offices of Kenyan Pres. Mwai Kibaki (unseen) in Nairobi on 05 Oct 2009 Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan warned late Wednesday of a crisis of confidence in Kenya's le

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By Alan Boswell Nairobi 05 October 2009 Former United Nations chief Kofi Annan met with Kenya's president and prime minister Monday to urge their coalition government to hasten the pace of reforms in the country. Annan served as chief mediator in th

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