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Kofi Annan's IT challenge

...make a difference to add his or her energies to this effort. Kofi Annan is the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. A native... Read more

5 November, 2002 by Kofi Annan

'$100 laptops' here by next year

...of playfulness." "This is truly a moving experience," said UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, who showed up at the beginning of the event. "It's... Read more

17 November, 2005 by Declan McCullagh
Photos: Emails they wish they'd never sent

Photos: Emails they wish they'd never sent

...refused to release even its internal audits. Even though UN secretary general Kofi Annan has not been directly implicated in the scandal, email messages have... Read more

15 December, 2006 by ZDNet UK

UN proposes net governance changes

...in the internet itself". Nitin Desai, an adviser for UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, called this week's event a "harbinger of a new type... Read more

31 October, 2006 by Declan McCullagh

Internet governance battles to continue

...According to the agreement inked in Tunisia this week, UN secretary-general Kofi Annan will create a new Internet Governance Forum that will meet for... Read more

18 November, 2005 by Declan McCullagh

Global Web: An Internet governance run-down

The ins and outs of the control debate that have been dominating the WSIS in Tunisia this week Read more

17 November, 2005 by Declan McCullagh

US endorses Internet Governance Forum

...Internet" and discuss "issues relating to critical Internet resources". UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the other hand, said the agreement highlights "the need for... Read more

16 November, 2005 by Declan McCullagh

Violence breaks out before Internet summit

...participants, including at least 45 world governmental leaders and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, are scheduled to attend, along with top executives from Google, Intel... Read more

15 November, 2005 by Anne Broache

Keep Internet out of UN control, says US

...December 2004, Coleman called for the resignation of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, saying that his subcommittee's investigations had unearthed evidence of far... Read more

19 October, 2005 by Declan McCullagh

MP welcomes UN indecision on Internet policy

...key interest in controlling the development of the Internet. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has long pressed industry, government and private interest groups to ensure... Read more

18 July, 2005 by Colin Barker and Declan McCullagh

Should the UN administer the Internet?

...have a clear definition of Internet governance. Therefore the group established by Kofi Annan still has to work on these definitions. Anything which concerns the... Read more

30 March, 2005 by Declan McCullagh

Open-source Wi-Fi links remote communities

...a fuel shortage. In an article written for CNET, UN secretary-general Kofi Annan spelled out the potential benefits that wireless and other technologies could... Read more

8 July, 2004 by Andrew Donoghue

UN examines potential Net regulation role

...the technical underpinnings that control the sprawling global network. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan set the tone in a speech on Thursday, criticising the current... Read more

26 March, 2004 by Declan McCullagh

UN snooping: the technology of surveillance

It doesn't matter if you're Kofi Annan or the wife of the Prince of Wales: if you're... Read more

27 February, 2004 by ZDNet UK

US Report: Anti-bombing sites exist ... outside Iraq

...Iraqi Action Coalition provides the phone numbers of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, several ambassadors to the U.N., and various news organisations. "Please... Read more

18 December, 1998 by Lisa M Bowman

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