In 1999, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan Was Very Concerned

question 63

Multiple Choice

In 1999, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was very concerned about the atrocities being committed by various governments against their own citizens. As a response, what did he do?

• A)He asserted that the doctrine of "noninterference in the internal affairs of sovereign states" was obsolete.
• B)He called on the U.S. to intervene in Somalia.
• C)He sent U.N. peacekeepers to Yemen.
• D)He sent an order for Saddam Hussein to be tried by the International Court of Justice.

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