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...And by a happy (non-)coincidence, the chief economic adviser to the White House is none other than Brian Deese — who built BlackRock’s sustainability operations with Hildebrand....
...As well as a stint in Delhi during the 1970s, Sharma spent two years as then UN secretary-general Kofi Annan’s special representative to East Timor between 2002 and 2004....
...When I spoke to Mo Ibrahim, I said, how do I understand Mr Annan, and he said, you must understand he’s a great African. Which is the real Annan?...
...Its real charm lies in the personal memories of an international civil servant, who has done everything from write the UN handbook on building emergency latrines to serving as Kofi Annan’s deputy at the...
...Ask Brian Chituwo, Zambia’s minister of health, about Aids and he rolls his eyes skyward. “Aids, Aids, Aids,” he says. “It takes so much money. We would like more for prevention....
...Sir Brian Urquhart, the UN’s elder statesman, once said that there is never really a financial crisis at the UN, only political crises. He is right....
...The best evidence yet that he is recovering and that his mental faculties are intact is his move to receive visitors outside of a close circle of friends, including Kofi Annan, UN secretary-general....
...THE BEST INTENTIONS: Kofi Annan and the UN in an Era of American World Power by James Traub Bloomsbury ₤20, 448 pages As Annan limps towards retirement, Traub assesses the career of a secretary-general...
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