{"id":1245,"date":"2018-08-18T19:39:14","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T19:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-tourism.com\/Ar\/2018\/08\/18\/former-un-chief-kofi-annan-dies-at-80\/"},"modified":"2018-08-18T19:39:14","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T19:39:14","slug":"former-un-chief-kofi-annan-dies-at-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-tourism.com\/Ar\/2018\/08\/18\/former-un-chief-kofi-annan-dies-at-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UN chief Kofi Annan dies at 80"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"body-200771816342556199\" readability=\"221.360422164\">\n<p class=\"speakable\">Kofi Annan, a\u00a0former secretary<span>-general of the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/organisations\/un.html\">United Nations<\/a>\u00a0and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has died aged 80.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The Ghanaian diplomat passed away at a hospital in the Swiss capital, Bern, on Saturday after a &#8220;short illness&#8221;, his foundation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kofiannanfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;Kofi Annan was a global statesman and a deeply committed internationalist who fought throughout his life for a fairer and more peaceful world,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was an ardent champion of peace, sustainable development, human rights and the rule of law,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p>Annan served as the seventh UN chief for almost a decade, from 1997 to 2006. Having joined in 1962, he was the first staffer to take over the top UN job and the first hailing from sub-Sahara Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In 2001, he received the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with the UN, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/peace\/2001\/press-release\/\" target=\"_blank\">lauded<\/a>\u00a0for &#8220;bringing new life to the organisation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, current UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described Annan as &#8220;a guiding force for good&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In many ways, Kofi Annan was the United Nations. He rose through the ranks to lead the organisation into the new millennium with matchless dignity and determination,&#8221; Guterres <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/en\/content\/sg\/statement\/2018-08-18\/statement-secretary-general-passing-former-secretary-general-kofi\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Mixed legacy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Born in Kumasi, Ghana&#8217;s second most populous city, on April 8, 1938, Annan spent the first 18 years of his life under British colonial rule.<\/p>\n<p>But on March 6, 1957, Ghana became the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to break the chains of colonialism, a momentous event he would later describe as &#8220;very powerful&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I grew up with a sense that fundamental change was possible \u2026 I saw that things can change, and I had a sense that I could help change things, because I had seen it happen at such an early age,&#8221; Annan\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.spectator.co.uk\/2013\/01\/interview-kofi-annan\/\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>\u00a0in a 2013 interview.<\/p>\n<p>Aged 26, he joined the UN\u00a0and rose up to be the global body&#8217;s head of peacekeeping operations.<\/p>\n<p>He held that role in 1994, when more than 800,000 Rwandan civilians &#8211; mainly from the minority Tutsi population but also moderate members of the Hutu majority &#8211; were killed by\u00a0<span>ethnic Hutu during a campaign of mass murder\u00a0<\/span>that occurred over the course of some 100 days between April and July.<\/p>\n<p>In July 1995,\u00a0while Annan was serving as the special envoy to the former Yugoslavia, Bosnian Serb armed forces killed more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in 10 days within a so-called UN &#8220;safe area&#8221; in the town of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/city\/srebrenica.html\">Srebrenica<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The massacre that occurred marked the worst mass killing on European soil since the end of World War II five decades before.<\/p>\n<p>In both cases, Annan came under fire for his perceived failure to do more to prevent the atrocities.<\/p>\n<p>He would later admit to having &#8220;failed&#8221; on Rwanda, suggesting he &#8220;could and should have done more to sound the alarm&#8221; despite having pressed UN member states to offer more military support for the UN peacekeeping mission in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This painful memory, along with that of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has influenced much of my thinking, and many of my actions, as secretary-general,&#8221; Annan\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/press\/en\/2004\/sgsm9223.doc.htm\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>\u00a0in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Annan&#8217;s achievements at the UN, however, were many.<\/p>\n<p>From working to tackle the AIDS epidemic to heading the push for the adoption of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/subjects\/millennium-development-goals.html\">Millennium Development Goals<\/a>, which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/millenniumgoals\/\" target=\"_blank\">set<\/a> targets for eradicating poverty and improving wellbeing globally, his efforts won gains for millions of people around the world.<\/p>\n<p>He also drove reform within the organisation itself, notably reorienting the UN&#8217;s focus towards human rights issues, embodied by the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2006\/03\/172222-historic-vote-general-assembly-creates-new-un-human-rights-council\" target=\"_blank\">creation<\/a> of the\u00a0<span>Human Rights Council in 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After stepping down from UN&#8217;s helm, Annan in 2012 served for six months as its special envoy for war-torn\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/syria.html\">Syria<\/a>\u00a0before resigning in protest over a lack of unity by world powers and growing militarisation on the ground which, he said, made the role &#8220;mission impossible&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, Annan chaired an independent commission investigation into Myanmar&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/subjects\/rohingya.html\">Rohingya<\/a> crisis, which saw<span>\u00a0more than 700,000 people last year fleeing the country to neighbouring Bangladesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" readability=\"7.61661341853\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I am grief-stricken over the death of Kofi Annan. Kofi was the epitome of human decency and grace. In a world now filled with leaders who are anything but that, the world&#8217;s loss becomes even more painful. He was a friend to thousands and a leader of millions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zeid Raad Al Hussein (@raad_zeid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/raad_zeid\/status\/1030754311284961280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Ghana in mourning<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In his native <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/ghana.html\">Ghana<\/a>, Annan&#8217;s death prompted President Nana Akufo-Addo to declare a week of national mourning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He brought considerable renown to our country by this position and through his conduct and comportment in the global arena,&#8221; Akufo-Addo said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was an ardent believer in the capacity of the Ghanaian to chart his or her own course onto the path of progress and prosperity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tributes also poured in from a flood of international diplomats and leaders &#8211; f<span>rom Tehran through London to Washington &#8211; who\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/08\/world-leaders-reacts-kofi-annan-death-180818105310267.html\">praised<\/a> a &#8220;great leader&#8221; and &#8220;giant&#8221; of diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>The Elders, a peace and human rights advocacy group created by former South African leader Nelson Mandela and lately chaired by Annan, <a href=\"https:\/\/theelders.org\/article\/elders-mourn-loss-kofi-annan\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> he was &#8220;<span>globally admired and respected&#8221; in a statement on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>&#8220;The world has lost an inspiring figure &#8211; but one whose achievements will never be forgotten, and whose commitment to peace and justice will endure to inspire future generations<\/span>,&#8221;\u00a0<span>Deputy Chair\u00a0Gro Harlem Brundtland said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Zeid Ra&#8217;ad al-Hussein, the UN&#8217;s high commissioner for human rights, said Annan had been a &#8220;friend to thousands and a leader of millions&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kofi was humanity&#8217;s best example, the epitome of human decency and grace. In a world now filled with leaders who are anything but that, our loss, the world&#8217;s loss becomes even more painful,&#8221; Hussein said in a tweet on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Annan is survived by his wife, Nane, and three children, Ama, Kojo and Nina.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kofi Annan, a\u00a0former secretary-general of the\u00a0United Nations\u00a0and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has died aged 80. The Ghanaian diplomat passed away at a hospital in the Swiss capital, Bern, on Saturday after a &#8220;short illness&#8221;, his foundation said in a statement. &#8220;Kofi Annan was a global statesman and a deeply committed internationalist who fought throughout&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2","has_thumb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former UN chief Kofi Annan dies at 80 - Qatar TourismQatar Tourism, Qatar news, Discover Qatar, tourism in Qatar, explore Qatar, Qatar adventures, Qatar today, Qatar events, desert safari Qatar, Qatar daily news, \u0642\u0637\u0631 \u0645\u063a\u0627\u0645\u0631\u0627\u062a , \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0641\u0627\u0631\u064a\u0631\u062d\u0644\u0627\u062a<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Qatar Tourism, Qatar news, Discover Qatar, tourism in Qatar, explore Qatar, Qatar adventures, Qatar today, Qatar events, desert safari Qatar, Qatar daily news, \u0642\u0637\u0631 \u0645\u063a\u0627\u0645\u0631\u0627\u062a , \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0641\u0627\u0631\u064a\u0631\u062d\u0644\u0627\u062a\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/qatar-tourism.com\/Ar\/2018\/08\/18\/former-un-chief-kofi-annan-dies-at-80\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former UN chief Kofi Annan dies at 80 - 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