For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general…

Kofi Annan
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For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right. ✨ Kofi Atta Annan (1998). The quotable Kofi Annan: selections from speeches and statements by the Secretary-General, United Nations
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