In an article published August 28 in the Finantial Times, Mark Turner comments on Kofi Annan’s grand tour of the Middle East this week. He believes that by aiming to shore up a fragile peace process in Lebanon and beyond, Kofi Annan is well aware it could yet prove the highest-stakes task of his career.
Mark Turner asks what Kofi Annan can possible do in a region that became a cemetery of peace agreements. He wonders whether there would be a hidden agenda in this visit to the Middle East, like to erase some past phantoms and save a reputation?
According to the FT, “during past weeks, the United Nations secretary-general has worked the phones with world leaders more intensively, possibly, than any other period in the office's history. The prospect of a handshake with Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, the vilified Iranian leader, promises to become an iconic moment in UN history.”
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