UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan praises Gates Foundation's 'visionary leadership'
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan praised the visionary leadership of Bill and Melinda Gates at the United Nations Association-USA annual dinner, citing the Gates Foundation's unprecedented private-sector commitments to global health and its catalytic effect on other philanthropists and governments. Annan credited the Foundation with demonstrating that private wealth deployed strategically could save millions of lives and accelerate progress on the Millennium Development Goals. The recognition marked the beginning of a sustained formal engagement between the Gates Foundation and the United Nations system.
Source: https://unis.unvienna.org/unis/en/pressrels/2002/sgsm8232.html
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