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In a statement expressing "deep remorse", Annan said he fully accepted the findings of the enquiry team "including those which reflect on officials of the UN Secretariat, of whom I myself was one". "Of all my aims as Secretary-General, there is none to which I feel more deeply committed than that of enabling the United Nations never again to fail in protecting a civilian population from genocide or mass slaughter," he said.
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