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Among the staff, Kofi Annan is the most popular Secretary General to date. Helped by his open manner and attention to detail, Annan's rapport with staff stems from his 30-year rise through UN ranks. He’s the first UN staffer to get elected SG and hasn't made serious enemies en route. Still, he has done several not-so-popular things, partly because of the UN’s cripplingly weak financial situation and partly because of his determination to change its organisational culture (in mid-UN career, Annan took a Masters in Business Administration at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology)....

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