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Bureaucracy Quote by Kofi Annan

“UN is made even more complex by the constant interplay of politics and bureaucracy and can certainly be bewildering for a novice.” quote by Kofi Annan — Download Open image

“UN is made even more complex by the constant interplay of politics and bureaucracy and can certainly be bewildering for a novice.”

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I laugh a lot inside and outside, and at myself sometimes.

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