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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan chooses Mark Malloch Brown as his new chief of staff, replacing Iqbal Riza who announced his retirement. |
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In a rebuff to conservative Congressional Republicans and neocon radio and tv personalities, US President George W. Bush and U.S. Ambassador John Danforth expressed confidence in U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and said he should stay in office. |
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Following U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit to Sudan, Kofi Annan received a first-hand look at the crisis engulfing Sudan's Darfur region. |
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Refugees at a camp in eastern Chad tell visiting Kofi Annan of "gross and systematic" abuses of human rights by the Janjaweed. |
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Kofi Annan arrives in Khartoum for a three-day visit to Sudan and Chad. He talks with Sudanese Government officials and United States Secretary of State Colin Powell about the situation in Darfur and the obstacles faced by humanitarian workers in distributing aid. |
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Citing the Iraqi Prisoner Abuse scandal, UN secretary general Kofi Annan urges the UN Security Council not to renew an exemption from prosecution for US troops on UN peacekeeping duties. |
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Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, urges Myanmar's military rulers to fulfill their promise to release pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and include her political party in constitutional talks now under way |
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Kofi Annan announces investigation that Saddam Hussein reaped millions of dollars from the U.N. oil-for-food program. |
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says that poverty and disease threaten more than terrorism and WMDs. |
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U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan speaks at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. He says that the multilateral approach to resolving arms issues with Iraq is the most effective approach. |
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The United Nations and its secretary-general Kofi Annan are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
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Kofi Annan begins his second term as U.N. Secretary General. |
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Kofi Annan begins his first term as U.N. Secretary General. He is the first to be elected from the ranks of United Nations staff. |
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Kofi Annan is born in Kumasi, Ghana. |
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