{"id":63682,"date":"2018-08-18T12:20:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T11:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=63682"},"modified":"2018-08-18T17:21:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T16:21:47","slug":"kofi-annan-former-un-secretary-general-dies-at-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/kofi-annan-former-un-secretary-general-dies-at-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Kofi Annan, Former UN Secretary General Dies At 80"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m1131\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary general, has died at the<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">age of 80 after a short illness, his family and foundation announced on<br \/>\nSaturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian was the seventh secretary general and served for two terms<br \/>\nbetween 1997 and 2006. He was awarded the Nobel peace prize for his<br \/>\nhumanitarian work jointly with the UN as an organisation in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>He died in hospital in Bern, Switzerland in the early hours of Saturday<br \/>\nwith his wife, Nane, and three children Ama, Kojo and Nina, by his side.<br \/>\nHe had retired to Geneva and later lived in a Swiss village.<\/p>\n<p>Annan\u2019s foundation issued a statement on his Twitter account on Saturday<br \/>\nthat described him as a \u201cglobal statesman and deeply committed<br \/>\ninternationalist who fought throughout his life for a fairer and more<br \/>\npeaceful world\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added that Annan, who succeeded Boutros Boutros-Ghali as UN<br \/>\nleader, was a \u201cson of Ghana and felt a special responsibility towards<br \/>\nAfrica\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Kumasi, Ghana, on 8 April 1938, Annan joined the UN system in 1962<br \/>\nas an administrative officer with the World Health Organization in Geneva.<\/p>\n<p>Annan later served with the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa,<br \/>\nthe UN Emergency Force in Ismailia, the UN high commissioner for refugees<br \/>\nin Geneva and in several senior posts at its headquarters in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Before becoming secretary general, he was under-secretary general for<br \/>\npeacekeeping and also served as special representative of the secretary<br \/>\ngeneral to the former Yugoslavia between 1995 and 1996.<\/p>\n<p>As head of UN peacekeeping operations, Annan was criticised for the body\u2019s<br \/>\nfailure to halt the genocide in Rwanda in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary general, has died at the age of 80 after a short illness, his family and foundation announced on Saturday. 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