Back in the days when Kofi Anan possessed the biggest blue helmet of them all as UN Secretary General, a favourite game of commentators was to Google his name alongside the term “expressed concern”.
No matter what the issue, you could be certain to find Anan expressing his deep concern, but failing to back that up with any concrete proposal for action.
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