"The U.N. is as effective as its member states allow it to be."
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Anglican bishopsNobel Peace Prize laureatesDemocratic socialistsAcademics from South AfricaNon-fiction authors from South Africa
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This is actually a common observation, which has been made by many people, and thus far no published source has been found attributing it to Tutu. The earliest published variant thus far found was in Public Affairs Vol. 21 (1978) by the Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs, p. 102:
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Desmond Tutu
1931 – 2021
sĂĽdafrikanischer anglikanischer Theologe und BĂĽrgerrechtler
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