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Secretary-General to speak at Georgetown conference on his legacy in Africa

27 October 2006
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will be guest speaker at Georgetown University on Monday when he is expected to explain how “Africa is in a defining struggle for its destiny” and needs the international community’s assistance, said his spokesman today.
Professor Chinua Achebe

Annan hosts Nigerian novelist Achebe and others at UN forum on language

28 March 2006
Language has the power to connect people or divide them, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today introducing the Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe and the Irish poet Paul Muldoon to speak on “The Use of Language in War and Peace,” as part of Mr. Annan’s lecture series at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Kofi Annan (C) and Professor Eric Wieschaus

Advances in genetics have benefited humanity but also pose ethical questions - Annan

12 January 2004
While advances in the field of genetics have brought tremendous benefits to humanity, especially in curing serious illnesses and saving lives, this progress has also raised important ethical questions, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today.
Kofi Annan

Universal values more important than ever – Annan

12 December 2003
The universal values enshrined in the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights more than half a century ago - such as peace, freedom, social progress, equal rights and human dignity - are more important now than ever as they come under attack in a backlash against globalization, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today.

Annan urges greater understanding between Muslim and Western countries

15 September 2003
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged greater mutual understanding in order to help bridge the misperceptions about Islam among non-Muslim westerners as well as resentment of the West among people in Muslim countries.

Latest UN lecture series to focus on Islam and the west

3 September 2003
Continuing efforts within the United Nations to create a strengthened framework for international dialogue and mutual understanding, the fifth in Secretary-General Kofi Annan's lecture series will be held next week with a focus on Islam.