Mathew,

Like Alex said I don't get your analysis and it appears you
just want to write something for the sake of writing. What
is your problem with the performance of the UN
Secretary-General.

Manna would never fall from heaven and Africa and Africans
need to realize that and take our own destiny into our
hands. Kofi Annan has initiated a lot of programs in Africa
to alleviate the woes of the continent. Recent issues like
the Bakasi Peninsula, Angola, DRCongo crises and a host of
them come to mind.

What do you want him to do for Africa?? Force for more
IMF/World Bank loans for Africa???? Yeah, yeah, they are
the very ones that are killing the initiatives in Africa,
so beware!!!

Do you think Nobel prizes are just given just for the sake
of wanting some recipients to occupy the annals of the
Nobel Foundation???

Give us solid analytical approach to issues and lets get
your critiques properly.

And where is the brightness in comparison to Kwame Nkrumah
comes in. So you think we all need to be freedom fighters
or rebel radicals fighting for whatever justification we
claim to be fighting for, to be assessed bright? That was
off the line.

Making a comparison of two different individuals under
different circumstances is a misjudgment.

Kofi Annan runs a peaceful organization that can never go
to war but Kwame Nkrumah was a political leader fighting
for the independence of his beloved country, so I bet you
now see the difference!!

Diplomacy and radicalism are not bed mates but they can
work together.

Yes Kofi Annan is a Statesman and the World's eminent Peace
broker and Diplomat.

Check the PBS website on Kofi Annan and give us your
impressions and analytical comments.

Happy Holidays to you all.


Joe


On Wed, 25 Dec 2002 11:39:58 -0800
 mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I judge Kofi Annan partly by what he has done for Africa
> and how forceful and effective he has been.One the scale
> of 1-10, I give him a failing grade of 3,almost a total
>  failure.
> The UN needs a forceful visionary,a radical thinker and
> not the kind of mellow, tow -the -line type character
> that Annan has come to represent.If one imagines the UN
> as a country, then Mr. Annan is a personification of an
> African Head of State who has no vision,no set
> objectives, no program and runs an administration based
> purely on reaction.
> Kofi Annan, afterall, is not a particularly bright
> person,certainly nothing near that of Kwame Nkrhumah
> intellectual statute.He just got lucky getting to where
> he is at.
> Besides,Kofi Annan is a colorless character and will be a
> boring subject to cover for a documentary or anything.
>  Aggo Akyea <[log in to unmask]> wrote:URLwire for Monday,
> December 23, 2002
> http://www.urlwire.com/news/122302.html
>
> PBS Launches Kofi Annan Online, Companion Web Site to
> PBS’ Kofi Annan: Center Of The Storm.
>
> Kofi Annan is widely known as a Nobel Prize-winning
> statesman and peacekeeper. But who is Kofi Annan? The
> story of this man from Ghana who rose through the United
> Nations ranks to become the organization’s seventh
> Secretary-General is explored in a companion Web site to
> the landmark PBS documentary KOFI ANNAN: CENTER OF THE
> STORM. KOFI ANNAN Online, produced by Thirteen/WNET New
> York, launches December 23, 2002 at
> http://www.pbs.org/un/
>
> KOFI ANNAN: CENTER OF THE STORM, a co-production of David
> Grubin Productions and Thirteen, premieres January 7,
> 2003 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).
>
> KOFI ANNAN Online expands on the film’s coverage to give
> visitors a sense of the Secretary-General’s role as the
> world’s leading diplomat within the context of the United
> Nation’s global operations. Hotly-contested issues facing
> the United Nations, from the International Criminal Court
> to weapons inspectors in Iraq, are explored in online
> debates between prominent commentators with insight into
> Mr. Annan’s positions on these matters.
>
> The site also offers an interactive look into the inner
> workings of the United Nations’ system, from the Security
> Council to the International Court of Justice, that
> challenges users to determine how the United Nations
> makes its decisions. Detailed biographical information on
> Mr. Annan and past Secretaries-General give a sense of
> the likely legacy of this global peacemaker.
>
> Web visitors also find video clips, broadcast dates and
> more information about KOFI ANNAN: CENTER OF THE STORM.
> Teachers bring global issues into their classrooms with
> lesson plans that use the United Nations as a springboard
> to develop conflict resolution, writing and debating
> skills.
>
> KOFI ANNAN Online is a production of Thirteen Online of
> Thirteen/WNET New York. It is produced by Elizabeth Owen.
> Anthony Chapman is executive producer and director of
> Thirteen Online.
>
> Major support for KOFI ANNAN Online and KOFI ANNAN:
> CENTER OF THE STORM is provided by The Coca-Cola Company
> and your local Coca-Cola bottler. Additional funding is
> provided by the United Nations Foundation and The John D.
> and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
>
> Thirteen/WNET New York is one of the key program
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