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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.
The position was first created by Kofi Annan to reassure some western interests that were not entirely satisfied that an African should singlehandedly control the entire UN.
6.40am: Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says the world must stand together against "the extremists and terrorists" responsible for the attack in Manchester and similar senseless violence elsewhere.
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says the world must stand together against "the extremists and terrorists" responsible for the attack in Manchester and similar senseless violence elsewhere.
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says the world must stand together against "the extremists and terrorists" responsible for the attack in Manchester and similar senseless violence elsewhere.
Approximately 8,000 men and boys were executed and 30,000 women and children were violently expelled from the area in a crime that the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia formally ruled to be genocide in 2001.
International figures, such as former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, think that's a fine idea and about time too, in a world grappling with growing nativism, intolerance and Anti-Immigration sentiment - a phenomenon they lay at the feet of U.S ...
Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says the world must stand together against "the extremists and terrorists" responsible for the attack in Manchester and similar senseless violence elsewhere.
Photo 1 of 2: Exercise participants from more than 20 nations gather for a group photo after the opening ceremony of United Accord 2017 at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Accra, Ghana, May 19, 2017. United Accord (formerly ...
In spite of Kibaki and Raila Odinga agreeing to work together in the infamous nusu mkate (half loaf) government, there were deep-running concerns that never really got exorcised by the Kofi Annan-led team of eminent persons. Kenyans remain deeply ...
International figures, such as former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, think that's a fine idea and about time too, in a world grappling with growing nativism, intolerance and Anti-Immigration sentiment - a phenomenon they lay at the feet of U.S ...
She was appointed deputy emergency relief coordinator of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs by Kofi Annan in 2006 and Assistant Secretary-general for humanitarian affairs by Ban Ki-Moon in 2013. Born in 1955, Kang, graduated from ...
... to its benefits or costs, believed that globalisation was inevitable. Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General, famously put it this way: "It has been said that arguing against globalisation is like arguing against the laws of gravity.
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said that "In an era of global abundance, our world has the resources to reduce dramatically the massive divides that persist between rich and poor, if only those resources can be unleashed in the service of all ...
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said that "In an era of global abundance, our world has the resources to reduce dramatically the massive divides that persist between rich and poor, if only those resources can be unleashed in the service of all ...
The discharge of the eight Delta Force members by the Kumasi court is a justification of impunity, the Head of the Department of Research at the Kofi Annaninternational peace Keeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) Dr. Emmanuel Kwesi Aning has said.
... attacks could return. Closer collaboration between Myanmar and Bangladesh was among the recommendations in an interim report released in March by the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, headed by former UN secretary-general Mr Kofi Annan.
"Dhaka later discussed the matter in details with Indonesia's foreign minister, the three members of Kofi Annan-led international commission, the members of Myanmar government's Rakhine Commission, UN's special rapporteur Yanghee Lee, Chinese ...
Until recently, globalisation was the only show in town. Whether wanted or not, higher levels of economic and social ties were seen as inevitable - a force that could not be stopped.
Governor General David Johnston presided at Tuesday's ribbon cutting and was to be joined by his Rideau Hall predecessor Adrienne Clarkson and former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, both of whom are board members of the centre. VIDEO: Justin ...
Governor General David Johnston will preside at Tuesday's ribbon cutting and will be joined by his Rideau Hall predecessor Adrienne Clarkson and former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, both of whom are board members of the centre. The centre is set up ...
A former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has been accused by residents of Akwamuman of "fanning and funding" a protracted chieftaincy dispute at the Akwamu traditional area.
Members of the Kofi Annan-led Arakan State Advisory Commission met with USDP chairman U Than Htay and the party's central executive committee members on Sunday.
Former Secretary General of the United Nation, Kofi Annan has been accused by a group calling itself Concerned youth of Akwamuman (CYA) of funding and causing chieftaincy dispute at Akwamu which has brought tension in the area.
He is a seasoned diplomat who served for many years in various UN agencies rising to the level of Under-Secretary General during Kofi Annan's stewardship. He was also a candidate for the Secretary-Generalship in 2006 losing to Ban Ki-Moon. His ...
Rakhine Advisory Commission, led by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, held talks at the National League For Democracy headquarters in Yangon on May 12 to discuss its interim report of the commission and what points should be inserted into the ...
In this Monday, May 8, 2017 photo, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan talks during an interview at The Associated Press headquarters, in New York.
AP Interview: Former UN chief Kofi Annan is worried about lost jobs. And he says many people worldwide have lost faith in political and corporate leaders and fear being forgotten and left behind forever.
But it is said, Mr. Kofi Annan is not in the race, and kingmakers are waiting with bated breath on the Okyehene and his colleagues to decide who they offer alongside other suitable candidates presented for selection by the Aduana Abrade Royal family.
As the chair of the Africa Progress Panel, Kofi Annan, has said: "African governments have a vital task to undertake, one that goes to the heart of the continent's energy problems: fixing national energy grids that are unreliable and financially fragile.
In this Monday, May 8, 2017 photo, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan talks during an interview at The Associated Press headquarters, in New York.
In this Monday, May 8, 2017 photo, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan talks during an interview at The Associated Press headquarters, in New York.
A key date is 2 August 2012 - the day Kofi Annan, the United Nations and Arab League envoy to Syria, resigned after failing to reach a peace deal with many of the participants in the war at talks in Geneva.
President Donald Trump's go-it-alone foreign policy is weakening America's standing at a time of tumult, Kofi Annan told The Associated Press in a wide-ranging interview, lamenting how the US leader's flip-flopping "makes it difficult for your friends ...
Appointed in August 2016, the nine-member advisory commission headed by former United Nations chief Kofi Annan has visited Rakhine several times to meet with camp residents, state officials, and ethnic Rakhine and Muslim community leaders to discuss ...
The Ministry of State Counsellor Office formed a nine-member Advisory Commission chaired by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on 24 August of last year. The commission is to submit a report comprised of its findings throughout the year, starting ...
These LoCs went into the financing of close to 120 projects in 40 countries across the continent, with Ghana's Presidential Complex, the Flagstaff House, The India-Ghana Kofi Annan Centre for Excellence in ICT, the Elmina fish Harvest & Processing ...
In one of his first speeches since he left the White House, former President Barack Obama built a moral case against President Trump's efforts to repeal his health care law, telling a Boston audience Sunday night that Congress has a duty to all ...
