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 United Nations Secretary General Kofi Atta Annan

Annan, Kofi Atta 1938–, Ghanaian diplomat, secretary-general of the United Nations (1997–), b. Kumasi. The scion of a family of Fante chieftains, he studied at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn. (grad. 1961) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.A., 1972). Annan began working for the United Nations in 1962 (with the World Health Organization) and has been with UN bodies ever since, except for a stint as head of Ghana's tourist ministry (1974– 76). He has special expertise in the areas of refugees and peacekeeping and in 1990 negotiated the release of UN staff and Western hostages held by Iraq following the invasion of Kuwait. Named (1993) undersecretary-general for peacekeeping operations, he was a special representative to Yugoslavia (1995–96), overseeing the transfer of peacekeeping duties from UN forces to NATO. In 1997, Annan succeeded Boutros Boutros-ghali as secretary- general, becoming the first sub-Saharan African to hold the office. Accessible and affable, he has been a consensus- builder and has also worked to streamline the UN bureaucracy and improve strained relations with the United States.

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... Mr. Kofi Annan, exhorted the Kenyan political class to move with speed and implement the recommendations of two international commissions of inquiry ...
The ZPP boss said she was also grilled on her meeting with the Elders - former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, ex-United States president Jimmy ...
... leading his country out of a major economic crisis, Dervis was named to the post by former Secretary-General Kofi Annan for a four-year term in 2005. ...

Under the auspices of the UN, a prominent figure such as Kofi Annan should lead a renewed diplomatic effort to end the crisis. Annan played a critical role ...
... it that former United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Kofi Annan, had to fly to his country to advise the ruling party's candidate to retrace his steps. ...
... President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga will, in consultation with the Panel of Eminent African Personalities chaired by Dr Kofi Annan, ...
... Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, South Africa's Minister for Public Service Geraldine Moleketi and former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. ...
Iranian Feminist and journalist Parvin Ardalan won the 2007 prize, while other past winners include former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, ...
... 2001 UN Secretary General Kofi-Annan has praised Fidel Castro's regime as "an example we can all learn from." The ANC (African National Congress), ...
Among the foreign participants expected to address the conference are former UN chief Kofi Annan, Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohammed, former Prime Minister of ...
Ironically, Kofi Annan, who was accused of trying to soften the report in Israel's favour and did much to bring the Jewish state into the UN mainstream, ...
... political solution, brokered by Kofi Annan, led to the formation of a coalition government, with an agreement on principles being signed on 28 February. ...
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan later acknowledged that the US-led invasion of Iraq was a violation of international law. There also has been no credible ...
Before his appointment as Prime Minister, Ramos-Horta was considered a possible candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as United Nations Secretary-General. ...
The two rivals agreed to form a coalition government in February 2008 after painstaking mediation by former UN chief Kofi Annan.
There is no public denouncements from bishops Tutu or Sentamu, nor diplomat Kofi Annan concerning the Cardinal's slanderous remarks. ...
By Draft Kofi Annan 2008 There werent enough macho men to hijack ballot boxes or smear itchy substances on agents of the defeated incumbent party in ...
The two rivals agreed to form a coalition government in February 2008 after painstaking mediation by former United Nations chief Kofi Annan.
The second wish of Kenyans is the implementation of the National Peace Accord's Agenda 4 as outlined by Mr Kofi Annan in his New Year message to Kenyans. ...
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan later acknowledged that the US-led invasion of Iraq was a violation of international law. There also has been no credible ...
He was India's official candidate for the succession to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 2006, and came a close second out of seven contenders in the race ...
Indeed, Ghana's Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Afari Djan is probably the most trusted Ghanaian after former UN Chief, Kofi Annan. Perhaps our biggest praise ...
APA-Accra (Ghana) The former United Nations (UN) Secretary General Kofi Annan was on Wednesday among several dignitaries who witnessed the swearing-in ...
Our great African brother Kofi Annan said, "If one (government) is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom", The Namibian nation ...
... George Soros, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, sociologist David Held, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz and even Bill Gates. There are, of course, ...
There is no public denouncements from bishops Tutu or Sentamu, nor diplomat Kofi Annan concerning the Cardinal's slanderous remarks. ...
Although Ghana - the home of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan - is hailed as a model of prosperity and stability in West Africa, Mr Mills, ...
Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan worked behind the scenes to convince Nana Akufo-Addo to concede after the run-off. ...
... soon after the formation of the grand coalition Government in April last year, following mediation talks led by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. ...
To end the blood-letting, the two political rivals agreed to a peace deal mediated by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and in April announced the ...
Among his long list of victims have been against the likes of President Carter, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Norman Finkelstein, Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, ...
Finally, a mediation team led by Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general, achieved a truce and the two sides worked out a power-sharing agreement with ...
In 1997, Hun Sen and his co-prime minister, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, sent a letter to the UN secretary-general at the time, Kofi Annan, asking for an ...
After Dr. Kofi Annan, Dr. Afari-Gyan is perhaps the most trusted person in Ghana today, and he has earned it. Leading a Commission (where staff were ...
Would you talk openly about your feelings if you thought that Kofi Annan would chase you down and kung-fu you in the throat? Would you earnestly listen to ...
Here is what I wrote at the time about Kofi Annan's personal contribution to the resolution of that conflict: Annan shuttled from country to country in ...
The initiative was launched in 2006 by then-United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, who was shocked by the anti- Semitism of Palestinian cartoonists ...
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and his wife Nane meet some of the Sesame Street characters after the taping of the show in 2001 in New York. ...
Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan worked behind the scenes to convince Nana Akufo-Addo to concede after the run-off. ...

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