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Kofi Atta Annan (born 8 April 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world." He is the founder and the Chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as being the chairman of The Elders, a group founded by Nelson Mandela.
From 23 February until 31 August 2012, Annan was the UN–Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria, to help find a resolution to ongoing conflict there. Annan quit after becoming frustrated with the UN's lack of progress with regard to conflict resolution, stating that "when the Syrian people desperately need action, there continues to be finger-pointing and name-calling in the Security Council". He has been involved in several humanitarian projects and won several awards including the Kora All Africa Music Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.
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Plot: In the end of 1993, the Canadian General Romeo Dallaire is assigned to lead the United Nation troops in Rwanda. In 1994, when the genocide of the Tutsis by the Hutus begins, General Dallaire gives his best effort to help the people in Rwanda, inclusive negotiating with the Tutsi rebels, the Hutu army and the Interhamwe militia. However, he fights against bureaucracy and lack of interest from the United Nations and witnesses the West World ignoring and turning back any sort of support, inclusive USA opposing in the security council of UN to any type of help.
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Kofi Annan delivers closing remarks at the 2013 Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013 Kofi A. Annan was the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, serving two terms from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006, and was the first to emerge from the ranks of United Nations staff. In 2001, Kofi Annan and the United Nations were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2007, Kofi Annan established the Kofi Annan Foundation to promote better global governance and strengthen the capacities of people and countries to achieve a fairer and more secure world. The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship accelerates the impact of the world's leading social entrepreneurs by uniting them with essential partners in a collaborative pursuit of learning, levera...
The UN rose out of the ashes of WWII, as nations came together in their determination to never again repeat the horrors of that war. As the UN turns 70, the world seems more divided and paralyzed to act than ever. Has it become a relic of the past, and is it capable of adapting to the security challenges of the 21st century? Oksana is joined by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to discuss these issues. RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv RT (Russia Today) is a gl...
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Kofi Annan, seventh secretary-general of the United Nations, will take part in a Jackson Institute Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, Feb.7, at 4:30 p.m. in Levinson Auditorium of Yale Law School, 127 Wall St. The event is open to the public. Annan served two terms as secretary-general from 1997 to 2006. One of his main priorities in that role was a comprehensive program of reform aimed at revitalizing the U.N. and making the international system more effective. Since leaving the U.N., Annan has continued to press for better policies to meet the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable through his work with the Kofi Annan Foundation and other venues. During the Town Hall Meeting Annan will be interviewed by John Negroponte, the Brady-Johnson Distinguished Practitioner in Grand Strategy at Ya...
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Pardonnez-moi : Darius Rochebin reçoit Kofi Annan, ancien secrétaire général des Nations unies et lauréat du Prix Nobel de la paix. Pardonnez-moi, une émission de la Radio Télévision Suisse, jeudi 11 juin 2015. Retrouvez toutes les vidéos de Pardonnez-moi sur : http://rts.ch/play/tv/emission/pardonnez-moi?id=388615 Retrouvez la Radio Télévision Suisse sur : Site: http://rts.ch Youtube: https://youtube.com/RTS Portail vidéo: http://rts.ch/play Facebook: https://facebook.com/rts.ch Twitter: https://twitter.com/radiotelesuisse Instagram: http://instagram.com/radiotelevisionsuisse Google+: https://plus.google.com/+RadioTelevisionSuisse
Interview with former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Founder and Chairman, Kofi Annan Foundation. ITU catches up with former UN SG Kofi Annan just ahead of the launch of the Kofi Annan Dialogues online debate series, to ask what he makes of ICT development since the 2005 World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia, and how technology might help empower the world's youth.
Kofi Annan calls for promotion of agriculture