"We have entered the third millennium through a gate of fire. If today, after the horror of 11 September, we see better, and we see further β we will realize that humanity is indivisible. New threats make no distinction between races, nations or regions. A new insecurity has entered every mind, regardless of wealth or status. A deeper awareness of the bonds that bind us all β in pain as in prosperity β has gripped young and old."
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Political leadersNobel Peace Prize laureatesMassachusetts Institute of Technology alumniDiplomatsEconomists from Ghana
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