Kofi Annan

Also known as Kofi Atta Annan, Annan, Kofi A. Annan, Busumuru Kofi Atta Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

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Kofi Annan was a male politician from Ghana who began his work period on January 1, 1997. He was affiliated with the Kofi Annan Foundation and was recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection and the Nobel Peace collection. He was born on April 8, 1938, and died on August 18, 2018. Annan had three children.

He authored 56 works, including *Rethink*, *Towards a culture of prevention*, *Interventions*, *Bull in a China Shop*, and *Voice for Human Rights*. He also had five works listed in Crossref. Annan received one Nobel Prize. His quotes include, "You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done," and "You have said that your first priority is the eradication of extreme poverty." He was referenced by 2,256 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, Nobel Prize, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works: 56

Top works

Rethink
Towards a culture of prevention
Interventions
Bull in a China Shop
Voice for Human Rights

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Ghana
Active from: 1938-04-08
Active to: 2018-08-18

politician

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 33
Total plays: 105

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Quotes

“You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done.”
“He is very calm—very, very calm. Never raises his voice. Well-informed, contrary to the sense outside that he is ill-informed and isolated. And decisive.”
“Unless the Security Council is restored to its pre-eminent position as the sole source of legitimacy on the use of force, we are on a dangerous path to anarchy.”
“We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race. We all share the same basic values.”
“You have said that your first priority is the eradication of extreme poverty.”
“I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time — without UN approval and much broader support from the international community.”

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize2001
“for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world”
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Encyclopedic overview

Kofi Atta Annan (8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder and chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as chairman of The Elders, an international organisation founded by Nelson Mandela.

Annan joined the United Nations in 1962, working for the World Health Organization's Geneva office. He went on to work in several capacities at the UN Headquarters, including serving as the under-secretary-general for peacekeeping between March 1992 and December 1996. He was appointed secretary-general on 13 December 1996 by the Security Council and later confirmed by the General Assembly, making him the first officeholder to be elected from the UN staff itself. He was re-elected for a second term in 2001 and was succeeded as secretary-general by Ban Ki-moon in 2007.

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