So Mary Robinson, she said to me, "" Listen, this is an idea whose time has come. This must be created. "" Kofi Annan said, "" This will be beneficial to my troops on the ground. "" The OAU at the time, led by Salim Ahmed Salim, said, "" I must get the African countries involved. "" Dr. Oscar Arias, Nobel Peace laureate, president now of Costa Rica, said, "" I'll do everything that I can. "" So I went and saw Amr Moussa at the League of Arab States.