Quote by Kofi Annan
Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping

Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations. – Kofi Annan

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I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people… to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people. – Kofi Annan

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Leadership
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The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What impact could it have? These are questions leaders I have spoken to have posed. – Kofi Annan

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Morning
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Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. – Kofi Annan

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Education
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This film Hero talks about the peace of Chinese people. – Jet Li

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Every human longs for peace and love. – Hiawatha

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Why cant peace be a single overriding common purpose: why do we wait for a crisis to pull us together? Lets pull together for peace. – Rita Mae Brown

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Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic interests in the Middle East – through concessions in the peace process as well as passivity in the face of Iraqi attacks. – Ron Silver

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