Editing Kofi Annan (section)

=== Farewell addresses ===
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On 19 September 2006, Annan gave a farewell address to world leaders gathered at the [[United Nations headquarters|UN headquarters]] in New York in anticipation of his retirement on 31 December. In the speech, he outlined three major problems of "an unjust world economy, world disorder, and widespread contempt for human rights and the rule of law", which he believed "have not resolved, but sharpened" during his time as secretary-general. He also pointed to violence in Africa and the [[Arab–Israeli conflict]] as two major issues warranting attention.<ref>{{cite news|first=Evelyn|last=Leopold|title=UN's Annan depicts polarized world in farewell speech|url=http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-09-19T173615Z_01_N19388437_RTRUKOC_0_US-UN-ASSEMBLY-ANNAN.xml&archived=False&src=091906_1412_ARTICLE_PROMO_also_on_reuters|work=Reuters|date=16 September 2006|access-date=12 December 2006|archive-date=16 February 2011|archive-url=http://web.archive.bibalex.org/web/20110216014707/http://www.reuters.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 11 December 2006, in [[s:Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address at the Truman Presidential Museum & Library on 11 December 2006|his final speech as secretary-general]], delivered at the [[Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum|Harry S. Truman Presidential Library]] in [[Independence, Missouri]], Annan recalled [[President Truman]]'s leadership in the founding of the United Nations. He called for the United States to return to Truman's [[multilateralism|multilateralist]] foreign policies and to follow [[Truman's doctrine]] that "the responsibility of the great states is to serve and not dominate the peoples of the world". He also said that the United States must maintain its commitment to human rights, "including in the struggle against terrorism".<ref>{{cite news|title=Annan chides US in final speech|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6169669.stm|work=BBC News|date=11 December 2006|access-date=11 December 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106103503/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6169669.stm|archive-date=6 January 2007|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Kofi|last=Annan|title=Independence, Missouri, 11 December 2006 – Secretary-General's address at the Truman Presidential Museum and Library followed by Questions and Answers|url=https://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=2357|publisher=United Nations|date=11 December 2006|access-date=11 December 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061217080302/http://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=2357|archive-date=17 December 2006}}</ref>