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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan speaks during a televised speech at the U.N. headquarters Thursday, March 20, 2003. Annan said "perhaps if we had persevered a little longer Iraq could have been disarmed peacefully, or if not the world could have taken action to solve this problem by a collective decision endowing it with greater legitimacy". (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/United Nations/Stephenie Hollyman)