Missouri: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's farewell address criticised the administration of US President George W Bush warning that America must not sacrifice its Democratic ideals while waging war against terrorism.
In remarks prepared for delivery on Monday at the Truman Presidential Museum and Library, Annan also said the Security Council should be expanded.
''Human rights and the rule of law are vital to global security an prosperity,'' Annan's text said When the US ''appears to abandon its own ideals and objectives, its friends abroad are naturally troubled and confused,'' his text said.
Annan, who leaves the United Nations on December 31 after 10 years as secretary-general, has become an increasingly vocal critic of the war in Iraq.
He said in the text the US has a special responsibility to the world because it continues to have extraordinary power.
Annan summed up five principles he considers essential: collective responsibility, global solidarity, rule of law, mutual accountability and multilateralism.
He chose the Truman museum for his final major speech in part because it is dedicated to a president who was instrumental in the founding of the United Nations. His text repeatedly praised the Harry Truman administration but never mentioned Bush by name.
''As President Truman said, 'the responsibility of the great states is to serve and not dominate the peoples of the world','' Annan said.
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