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Volume XXXVIII
Number 4 2001
About This Issue:
After the Prize
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In This Issue...
After the Prize |
| Towards a Global Community |
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The Nobel Peace Prize 2001
The Norwegian Nobel Committee in its centenary year awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2001 to the United Nations and Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in recognition of the fact
that “the only negotiable route to global peace and cooperation goes by way of the United Nations”.
Durban Conference against Racism
From the Birthplace of Passive Resistance, a Call for Tolerance.
After the Prize, No Resting on Laurels
In a recent report, Secretary-General Kofi Annan examined the ways in which the international community is putting into practice the Declaration adopted at last year’s
Millennium Summit. The Chronicle provides a visual road map to goals and targets.
From the Secretary-General
Excerpts from Kofi Annan’s lecture, “Dag Hammarskjöld and the 21st Century”, delivered on 6 September 2001 in Uppsala, Sweden.
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| Debate and Deliberation |
Quote-UNquote
At the general debate of the 56th General Assembly, Mr. Annan called for “a global community respecting diversity and rooted in universal values”. Traditionally held
at the beginning of the session, the high-level debate was postponed due to the terrorist attacks of 11 September. The UN Chronicle reproduces excerpts from the statements in the debate, held
from 10 to 16 November 2001.
The UN System Response
A number of UN agencies have adopted measures in response to the threat of terrorism.
The Security Council, Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues
Drawing on examples of its past practices, this essay examines the role of the Security Council in dealing with humanitarian emergencies and situations involving gross human rights
violations.
Bertrand G. Ramcharan
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