and kofi annan said that he gave a promise and he was involved in these talks at the beginning. e.u. wasson of the andinted of these actions, after almost everything was therete, kofi annan said was no going back and we need to sign this agreement. the signatures were put, and then we went our of ways, and referendumk later, a was decided to be held here at and what was important about that referendum is at the end of the referendum, the greek and the turkish super it said yes. the greek cypriots were admitted into the e.u., but the northern cypriots were not. right next to that there were certain financial support that the northern cypriots should have received, but that never happened, so that has been the case since then. 2013, we reached a certain consensus between the greek cypriots and the turkish administration, and a draft text was produced from and we asked each other if we could reach a consensus and continue positively. both of the parties agreed, but something happened, some evil intervened, and things started falling apart again. that again we are back to square one

in august, kofi annan quits his role as the special envoy.esides a lack of unity over how to solve the crisis he cites a , lack of unity among world powers over how to solve the syrian crisis. minister syrian prime defects to join the revolution. another sign of the weakening of the assad regime. august 17, there is the second special envoy from the u.n. to syria. september 16, iran confirms that the revolutionary guards are helping assad. another critical moment. this is september 16, 2012. iran steps in in a very major way. on january 11, u.s.-russian talks on syria and without a breakthrough. another failed moment to make a breakthrough. march 7, syrian refugees hit the 1 million mark. march 7, 2012. one million refugees already displaced. weapons, iran sets up to assad. march 15, 2013, the eu rejects the franco-british to arm syrian rebels. another major point. and the rebels take over oilfields. this is important because many people ask how are rebel groups getting financed? part of the financing mechanism for these rebel groups, includi

february 23, general kofi annan -- former un's secretary-general kofi annan is appointed the special envoy to syria. he will become the first of three special envoys deployed to syria. that is also a sign of how complicated the conflict has been. on june 16, the un suspends the monetary mission in syria. this is june 16, 2012. a year and some change into the war. the un says the situation has become too dangerous to continue after observers are directly targeted in an attack. june 30, we have the geneva communiquÉ which calls for a transitional body with executive power. that was supposed to set the framework for peace talks to follow. unfortunately, it never did. on july 18, an explosion at the national security building in damascus kills top regime officials. this is important because now we are into the war by a year and a half and it looks like the opposition is winning. august 2, kofi annan quits his role as the special envoy. and he cites a lack of unity among world powers over how to solve the syrian crisis. kofi annan says there is a lack of unity among world powers on how to

in august, kofi annan which is special role -- quits his special role. besides a lack of unity over how to solve the crisis -- he cites a lack of unity among world powers as to how to serve the syrian -- solve the syrian crisis. figure moment to think about that. -- take a moment to think about that. the syrian minister defects. august 17, there is the second tocial envoy from the u.n. syria. september 16, iran confirms that the revolutionary guard are helping assad. another critical moment. september 16, 2012. iran steps in in a very major way. u.s. and russian thoughts on syria and without a breakthrough. another failed moment to make a breakthrough. march 7, syrian refugees 51 million mark. 7, 20' samar: mr. bail:. -- march 7, 2012. march 15, 2013, the eu rejects the franco british to armed rebels. another major point. oil fields are taken over. this is important because many people as cowardly rebel groups getting financed. -- ask how are rebel groups getting financed. it iss important because through controlling the oil fields in northern syria. may

there is an organization based in ghana which the former secretary-general of the united nations, kofi annan, is now the president, calls for a green revolution in africa. you are talking very smart people who think things are going to be steadily better, that these disasters are going to be averted. and that in the end we are going to come out with these goals of ending extreme poverty and hunger, the definition of extreme poverty is those making numb $1.25 a day or less income of an individual. there are probably 1 billion people like this in the world, one in seven of them. why shouldn't, if these regions, some of which are also the areas that have not begun what is called the demographic transition, that is to say falling birth rates that have coming many parts of the world, look at mexico, mexico is a very good example of a country that in 30 years has gone five kids a family to more or less replacement level, mexican birthrates in freefall and coming back to my skepticism about what can or can't be predicted i don't think anyone saw that. there was a roman writer who wrote somewhere he

academic work, he served as the assistant secretary-general's special advisor to the united nations kofi annan and from 2006 to 2013 served as an individual member and chair of the u.n. democracy fund. please join me in welcoming her face or doyle. -- professor doyle. [applause] >> thank you very much for those kind remarks and the very sweet introduction. i really want to thank the cato institute or inviting me here to speak. perhaps it's no surprise that someone who is rich book on john stuart mill would be invited to the cato institute, but i will know how much work is involved in putting together an event like this and i truly appreciate it. i would also think anne-marie slaughter and christopher preble for commenting on the boat. they very busy schedules. deliberating the look and the fact that they also take the time to come here and comment is a real treat. what a start on the question of nonintervention and when to override non-intervention or disregard intervention, which is the theme of this book, the question of intervention. i want to start by imagining the that we all share three

the 2003 the then secretary general kofi ah non anon- annan.t from central africa republic say women and girls are raising babies who are the alleged children of u.n. troops. osama ben javad, al jazeera. >>> abuses defense women and girls worldwide it says every year as many as 2.5 million are trafficked into forced labor, 5 million girls and women who are living as slaves, one in five under the age of 15 reports being sexually abused. joining us this morning, to talk a little bit more about the continuing violence against women and girls around the world. thanks so much for being with us first of all, there is sexual violence, forced marriage, there is genital mutilation, on the whole last the rates of violence against women improved in recent years? >> i don't think so. especially nowadays, women are the first to be affected whenever it's in countries in conflict. for example, now, women i.s.i.s. are selling girls and women for less than $25. believe it or not. even less than a pair of shoes. so it's getting bigger and big person and even in

kofi annan: as we open the 21st century, more than 110 million school-age children are not attending school. two thirds are girls. the key to all the locks that are keeping girls out of school, from poverty to inequality to conflict, lies in basic education for all. we need all those with power to change things, to come together in a global alliance for girls education. that is why the united nations is launching a new global initiative to educate girls to ensure that by 2015, boys and girls will have equal access to all levels of education. that is a test we must pass, and we shall pass it only if children all over the world can pass the test of basic education and go on to pass to test of life. [applause] [manisha] [manisha] [bhukiya] [upendra] [upendra] [manisha] [teacher] [children shout] [manisha] [rooster crows] [woman sings in foreign language] ♪ sit down here ♪ ♪ and tell me a story ♪ when you're with friends ♪ ♪ no need to hurry ♪ no more rush, no more haste ♪ no more ♪ ♪ when you're with friends ♪ ♪ no need to hurry ♪ no more rush, no more haste ♪ ♪ no more ♪ ♪ no more [sin