Kofi Annan’s Death – Cause and Date

The politician Kofi Annan died at the age of 80. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Ghanaian politician who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. He founded the Global AIDS and Health Fund and co-received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 for his work with the United Nations.

He married Nane Annan in 1984 and he has three children. He is distantly related to Ghanaian footballer Anthony Annan.

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Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world.

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We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world’s people share the benefits of globalization.

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In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda.

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Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from existing nuclear weapons and from further proliferation.

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Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.