Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan born on 1938 Kumasi in Gold Coast a British colony at that time, now independent and called Ghana. He is a Ghanan diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nation, from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006. As I have said he born in Ghana, in one of the country's aristocratic families. From 1954 to 1957, Annan studyed the elite Mfantsipim school. Annan has said that the school taught him "that suffering anywhere concerns people everywhere". In 1958, Annan began studying economics, at Ghana, Unated States and also at Ginebra. And there, he started working for the World Health Organization. After that he studied in the Unated States of America and when he finished the studies he went back to Ghana, where he started working for improve the tourisim of the country untill 1976 when he started to work for the UN.
Working for the United Nations he taked part in many important jobs all over the world in the conflictive countries that where in war. For exemle, he worked in the civil war of Bosnia-Herzegovina; in the war between Irak and Unated States of America... In all these cases he worked for reaching an agreement between both of the parts.
Wih all these on 13 December 1996, the United Nations Security Council recommended Annan to replace the previous Secretary-General, Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt. Confirmed four days later by the vote of the General Assembly, he started his first term as Secretary-General on 1 January 1997.
And finaly on octover of 2001 he recived with the Unated Nations the the Nobel Price of Peace because all the work he had done looking for a better organized and more pacific world. In the mencioned countries and others.
Working for the United Nations he taked part in many important jobs all over the world in the conflictive countries that where in war. For exemle, he worked in the civil war of Bosnia-Herzegovina; in the war between Irak and Unated States of America... In all these cases he worked for reaching an agreement between both of the parts.Wih all these on 13 December 1996, the United Nations Security Council recommended Annan to replace the previous Secretary-General, Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt. Confirmed four days later by the vote of the General Assembly, he started his first term as Secretary-General on 1 January 1997.
And finaly on octover of 2001 he recived with the Unated Nations the the Nobel Price of Peace because all the work he had done looking for a better organized and more pacific world. In the mencioned countries and others.
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