Annan Calls on World Leaders to Adopt Most Sweeping U.N. Changes in Its 60

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Annan Calls on World Leaders to Adopt Most Sweeping U.N. Changes in Its 60-Year History

By Edith M. Lederer
Associated Press Writer


UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on world leaders Sunday to approve the most sweeping changes to the United Nations since it was founded 60 years ago, so it can tackle conflicts and terrorism, fight poverty and put human rights at the forefront of its work in the 21st century.
After a year of scandals over corruption in the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq and sex abuse by U.N. peacekeepers in Congo, Annan's report also sets out plans to make the world body more efficient, open, and accountable - including strengthening the independence of the U.N.'s internal watchdog.

The report to the 191 members of the U.N. General Assembly was released six months before world leaders meet at U.N. headquarters for a summit called by Annan. In its introduction, he urged the leaders to "act boldly" and adopt "the most far-reaching reforms in the history of the United Nations."

"We will not enjoy development without security, we will not enjoy security without development, and we will not enjoy either without respect for human rights," Annan said. "Unless all these causes are advanced, none will succeed."

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