While I appreciate the United States being speculative and suspecting, I will be very happy if one of my heroes, Secretary General Kofi Annan is proven to be the honorable, careful and intelligent man I have always known him to be.

For those of you who don’t know Kofi Annan is the Secretary-General of the United Nations. A national of Ghana who is fluent in English, French and several African languages, he was appointed on 17 December by the General Assembly to serve a term of office from 1 January 1997 through 31 December 2001.Prior to his appointment, Mr. Annan served for thirty years as an international public servant in the United Nations. He will have been the U.N secretary general for 10 years in
December. Mr. Annan served as Under-Secretary-General for Peace-keeping Operations, and for a year before that, as Assistant Secretary-General for Peace-keeping Operations. In these positions, he helped to formulate new approaches to the complex uncertainties of a post-cold-war world.

This great mind is now being asked to resign due to speculation on the U.N. oil-for-food program, which is under investigation for corruption and mismanagement. Russia, China, Britain, France, Germany and dozens of other countries have rallied to support beleaguered U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan after a U.S. senator called for his resignation - but the United States has stayed quiet. Three years after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Annan is the target of escalating attacks in the United States.
The Minnesota Republican Sen. Norm Coleman who is leading one of five U.S. congressional investigations into the oil-for-food program, wrote in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal Annan should resign because "the most extensive fraud in the history of the U.N. occurred on his watch.” Outside the United States, there is no clamor for Annan's resignation, and the secretary-general has been receiving letters and phone calls of support.

I can only ask for prayer concerning the situation and that the truth be known.

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