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How can we deter our young from the lure of violent extremism?
… by Club de Madrid. Here are some of his insights on how education and youth empowerment could prevent this “new … in particular. Why do some young people, and not others, find them so attractive? This is some of what I learnt … In an article for The International Herald Tribune, Kofi Annan explores how learning about the Holocaust can …
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Gro Harlem Brundtland and Malala receive Catalonia Prize
… “Today’s education inequalities really are tomorrow’s inequalities … In that history, a few years before I was born, we also find Catalonia, the land and symbol of the fight for freedom … led by former UN Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Laureate Kofi Annan, that takes up increasing amounts of my time. We …
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The myth of 'never again'
… In an article for The International Herald Tribune, Kofi Annan explores how learning about the Holocaust can … s ed world, educators and policy-makers believe Holocaust education is a vital mechanism for teaching students to … purpose, and that effect. Yet it is surprisingly hard to find education programmes that have clearly succeeded in …
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The Elders call on Zimbabwe’s leaders to place citizens’ needs over party interests
… on from their previous meeting in July 2018 with the late Kofi Annan, then Chair of The Elders. They also met … I visited Zimbabwe on the cusp of landmark elections to find people determinedly optimistic about the future. Today … stand in stark contrast to the progress made in health and education in the early years of the country’s …
gavin - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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The best hope for sustainable peace: women
… there is little that we can celebrate. The situations they find themselves in are truly intolerable. Women make up most … pioneering change in areas such as women’s access to education and political participation, as well as in … of all women. Co-written by members of The Elders: Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter, Graça Machel, and Mary Robinson. …
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سوريا: الحكماء يعبرون عن "عميق غضبهم" حيال فشل الجميع في وقف المذابح
… expires at the end of August, The Elders paid tribute to Kofi Annan’s courageous efforts as Joint Special Envoy of … rise above vested interests and regional alliances and find genuine compromise in the greater interests of the … Graça Machel , Mozambique’s first education minister, said: “The situation of …
jonathan - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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The Elders keep an empty chair for Aung San Suu Kyi
… every effort to help Burma/Myanmar’s divided peoples to find a peaceful and prosperous way forward.” … US$1 dollar per person per year to basic health care and education, and one third of children under the age of 5 are … Archbishop Desmond Tutu , former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan , former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari …
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Gro Harlem Brundtland: the 2018 Barbara Ward Lecture
… everything from manufacturing and heavy industry to education and the service sector. Those of us who … alongside two former Secretaries-General of the UN, Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon , as part of The … level. If we are prepared to do so, we will find that a chart exists to see us through the storm. …
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Sustainable development, democracy, peace: the key role of women
… for the work you are doing in Nadia’s name to support the education of young people in the Arab world, and to … “He wanted a UN 'A' team – the best people he could find, for an extremely demanding job. And as chief of staff … to the violence and immediate humanitarian access. I wish Kofi Annan every success in the mission with which he is …
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التنمية المستدامة والديمقراطية والسلام: دور المرأة الرئيسي
… for the work you are doing in Nadia’s name to support the education of young people in the Arab world, and to … “He wanted a UN 'A' team – the best people he could find, for an extremely demanding job. And as chief of staff … to the violence and immediate humanitarian access. I wish Kofi Annan every success in the mission with which he is …
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