Angie Brooks

Angie Elizabeth Brooks (August 24, 1928 – September 9, 2007) was a Liberian diplomat and jurist. She was the first African female President of the United Nations General Assembly. Brooks was also the second woman from any nation to head the U.N. body. Quotes The U.N. could and should remain the best means of international cooperation that has ever been at mankind's disposal But we have to nurse and cherish and cultivate it. spend less time congratulating each other on so-called diplomatic 'victories' and try more to get their home governments to behave responsibly in the world community. First you must be soft and let it seem they are having their own way. Then you come down hard on them. ] External links Category:Women politicians in Liberia Category: jurists Category:Diplomats from Liberia Category:Ambassadors Category:Women academics from Liberia Category:University College London alumni Category:1928 births Category:2007 deaths Category:Women born in the 1920s