From Time's 100 People of the year, 2004:
"If a computer were to design the perfect U.N. Secretary-General, he
or she would look something like this: African-born, European and American
educated, with decades of service in the U.N. system; married to a European;
and possessing a quiet charisma and calm authority as chaos swirls.
"That the U.N. in 1996 found such a person to restore its sense
of direction and purpose was a near miracle. ... It is Annan's destiny
to be handed the very worst problems, and then only after they have been
unsuccessfully addressed by others. Anyone who knows him knows he wades
into such problems with his usual blend of courage, self-control, modesty
and optimism."
- Richard C. Holbrooke, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., 1999-2001
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