The thousands of documents in this five-volume set illuminate the complexity and texture of the workings of the UN as they trace the activities of Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the conceptual evolution of his ideas. The documents are divided into five volumes: 1997-1999, 2000-2001, 2002-2003, 2004-2005, and 2006. Each document is preceded by the editor's annotations, which provide context as well as keywords, and each volume is thoroughly indexed.