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California must remain a beacon on climate and health
… General Hospital and Project Muso on 11 September 2018. Find out more and watch the livestream . … for The Elders as we mourn our friend and former Chair, Kofi Annan . Kofi was a monumental leader, and a … affect people’s health, including their income levels, education, nutrition, peace and other environmental factors. …
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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 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 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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The Elders: Zimbabwe is failing its people
… Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, former United States President Jimmy Carter and … one in four children without one or both parents. Education School attendance has fallen sharply from … working with the UN and international agencies, should find creative ways of retaining doctors, nurses and other …
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Women, religion and change
… He created Eve because Adam couldn’t make it on his own. Kofi Annan, receiving a report from the UN Alliance of … aspects of development are hindered by child marriage: education, maternal and child health, tackling diseases like … I hope that we can continue our conversation and find ways to work together to build a more equitable world. …
jonathan - 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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Forthright and feminist: Norway's first woman leader
… a conclusion. So, it was not that I could not compromise to find common ground; this is an essential part of getting … problems. So basically, health for all is as important as education for all, but I always add the two. It’s … but we were so lucky that we all were able to convince Kofi Annan to be our next Chair. So this last week, …
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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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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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