"Kofi Annan passes away at 80" Topic
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| Martin From Canada | 18 Aug 2018 8:07 p.m. PST |
link Kofi Annan, former United Nations secretary general and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has died at the age of 80.His foundation announced in a tweet on Saturday that Annan "passed away peacefully" after a short illness on Saturday in the Swiss city of Bern. It did not provide details but remembered him as a figure who radiated "genuine kindness, warmth, and brilliance in all he did." Annan, who was born in Ghana in 1938 and was one of the world's most celebrated diplomats, was the seventh United Nations secretary general and the first black African to hold the post. He served from 1997 to 2006. He rose through the ranks for years at the UN before becoming secretary general — he was first appointed to a UN agency in 1962 at the World Health Organization. Just before becoming secretary general, Annan served as UN peacekeeping chief and a special envoy to then-Yugoslavia. […] |
| goragrad | 18 Aug 2018 10:31 p.m. PST |
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| Patrick R | 19 Aug 2018 3:19 a.m. PST |
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| Old Wolfman | 23 Aug 2018 6:39 a.m. PST |
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