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Name: Kofi Annan  
Title: Seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations

Position: Pro Two-State Solution to the question "What are the solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?"
Reasoning: "The path to a solution is spelled out in the Quartet's Road Map. Its vision is clear – two States, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security. A final settlement that ends the occupation that began in 1967 should be arrived at through negotiations between the two parties, on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242, 338, 1397 and 1515 and the principle of land for peace. Although both parties agreed to undertake a series of parallel and reciprocal steps called for in the plan, efforts to implement those commitments have so far been disappointing. To further delay the implementation of the Road Map is unacceptable, since time is not on our side. Both parties should abide by their obligations under the plan."
"Secretary-General's message
UN International Conference of Civil Society
in Support of the Palestinian People"
New York, 13 September 2004
Credibility
Ranking:		  Experts
Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Counsul Generals, heads of government, members of legislative bodies, and Ph.D.'s with significant involvement in, or related to, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Involvement:

  • Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1997-

  • Headed the UN's Peacekeeping Department, 1993-1996

  • Joined the United Nations system, 1962:

      Worked in financial and management posts with the World Health Organization, the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, the UN Economic Commission for Africa, and at UN headquarters in New York

Education: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Management, 1972
B.S., Mcalester College, Economics, 1961

Affiliations/
Honors:
  • Nobel Peace Prize, 2001
Contact Info:
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