Ask Kofi Annan

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The Ghanaian diplomat became the first person from sub-Saharan Africa to lead the U.N. when he was appointed Secretary General in 1997. Annan and the U.N. shared the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for promoting conflict resolution in places like Afghanistan and Bosnia. He is currently heading the “Tck Tck Tck -- Time for Climate Justice” campaign that aims to raise awareness of climate change and urge world leaders to reach a deal to combat it. Submit your questions for Kofi Annan below, then read the interview in an upcoming issue of TIME magazine.
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Do you think world leaders are putting enough effort to combat global warming?
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Do you feel the U.N. has made enough effort in dealing with the poverty gap between the 'West' and Africa?
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Are you in favor of a World Environmental Organization as Lord Nicholas Stern has proposed? If so, what steps would need to be taken and is this realistic?
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What was the greatest failure of the world community during your time at the United Nations?
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What do you see as the biggest issues for the UN over the next decade?
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Which country do you think will lead the fight against climate change and why?
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Mr. Annan,
The World changed after September 11, have this changes affected modus-operandi of UN? -
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Mr Annan,
Could you analyze the changes that Kyoto Protocol have been done? -
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Are you satisfied that the efforts made to combat terrorism by various countries are adequate or do you have a masterplan in your mind to end this menace?
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Don't you think that Islam, because of it's real or imaginary reservations towards population control measures, is coming in the way of global prosperity and peace or, in other words, is Mother Earth not burdened with too many children who are choking all roads to global progress?
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Do you have any regrets about any decision you made as Secretary General?
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Which countries definitely have nuclear weapons, and which countries may be about to acquire them ?
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What do you consider to be the greatest achievements of the UN during your tenure?
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Mr. Annan, what do you think will be the role of the BRIC's Countries in the next 10 years? Do you think they will overcome North America and/or Europe? And they will have more influence on U.N. from now on?
Thanks!pedro
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Why is peace and development still eluding Africa and what would propose as a solution?
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What was the main resistance you encountered during your tenure at the UN in mobilising support from 192 countries towards a common humanitarian solution?
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What is the best way for a global citizen to seek a voice via the UN system regarding International Child Kidnapping and Abduction when countries and politicians are silent, obstructive and complicit due to vague conventions?
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Do you think that the United Nations, unable to have any major influence on more powerful nations is going to suffer the same fate as the League of Nations?
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Hello Sir,
What are the measures to be put in place to reduce or stop corruption in Africa?
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Do you believe that the UN should be given the authority to militarily intervene in serious situations that the world's nations neglect, such as the genocide in Darfur?
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how to end poverty in Africa?
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I have worked in Ghana and admire the people who supported your elevation to international celebrity from their poor but remarkably friendly, hard-working, and helpful ranks.
You are now heading the “Tck Tck Tck -- Time for Climate Justice” campaign, and since President Obama's visit to Ghana, you are uniquely placed to face and to deal with an undisputed fact that should have be welcomed around the globe, but remains hidden, even from you. It is simply this:
"There is no evidence for dangerous global warming caused by carbon dioxide emissions!".Clearly climate justice, like any justice, will not be possible while this undisputed fact remains hidden, great injustices will continue to be inflicted on your country men and literally billions like them.
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Mr. Annan. How is it possible, I wonder, for people in doubt, with so much creative intelligence as the jews, to think of the zionist-arab conflict in jewish terms alone. Did they not realize that the problem of the jews in palestine could, in the long run, be solved only through friendly cooperation with the arabs? Did you ever, Mr. Annan, approach the Israelis when you were the secretary of the United Nation with this solution? And how strange is it that the nation of Israel, which has suffered many wrongs in the course of its long and sorrowful diaspora was now, in signle-minded pursuit of its own goal, ready to inflict a grievous wrong on the Palestinian people.
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Do you ever ask yourself the question "Who benefits from the current promotion of so-called "global warming"?
With the high cost of job destruction for any unproven benefits of this undue alarmism, there must be some strong vested interests behind the movement.
My questions are "Who are they? What is their motive for introducing new taxes ?"Pollution" is a different thing to "CO2" ,so why are we being told that they are the same thing?
There is a big story behind this and I hope you will help tell it please.
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Dear Mr Annan,
My questions follow from those of Mr Stewart, and relate to the issue of hypothetical dangerous warming caused by human carbon dioxide emissions.
They are:
1. Global temperature is currently cooling - what EVIDENCE is there (i) that warming is going to resume, (ii) that, if so, it will have been caused by human emissions and (iii) that it will be dangerous?
2. What EVIDENCE is there that an increase in global temperature of 2 deg. C, should it occur, will be of net disadvantage to humankind?
3. Were all countries in the world to cut their carbon dioxide emissions by 50% - an unlikely scenario - (i) what would that COST; and (ii) by HOW MUCH, in deg. C, would future temperature be depressed? In other words, what is the cost:benefit ratio that ordinary citizens should be basing their judgements on?
As you seek answers, be sure that those questioned understand that computer projections of future climate do not comprise evidence of any type.
Kind regards.
Bob Carter
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