The Best Intentions, by James Traub/ Complicity with Evil, by Adam LeBor
17th Nov 2006, 01:55 GMT
Peux ce que veux: where there's will, there's a way. These fateful words of the courageous UN force commander in Rwanda could be the motto of the United Nations. Unfortunately, in the light of the Darfur tragedy, among others, they will not define the legacy of Kofi Annan.
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