Annan calls for global solidarity Annan's term as UN secretary-generalexpires on December 31, 2006 Kofi Annan, the outgoing UN secretary-general, in a speech given at the Harry S Truman's presidential library in Independence, Missouri has said that human rights and the rule of law are vital to global security and prosperity. In his speech on Monday, one of the last of Annan's speeches before he leaves his post on December 31, he said that there are five principles which he considers essential: collective responsibility, global solidarity, rule of law, mutual accountability and multilateralism. Annan chose the Truman museum for his...
