I stand before you today as a multilateralist
- by precedent, by principle, by Charter and by duty.
Kofi Annan
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"All UN staff are proud that the 100th Nobel Peace Prize for the first time honours not only the Secretary-General but also the United Nations as a whole": read top UN officials' reaction
"Today, in Afghanistan, a girl will be born": read Kofi Annan's notes for his Nobel Lecture (from UN Archives) and watch the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
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10 December 2001 (from UN Archives New York)
Kofi Annan's interview for World Chronicle in 2004.
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Kofi Annan discusses his book "Interventions: A Life in War and Peace" (2014) audio
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