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Secretary General of the United Nations 08 April 1938 Kumasi, Ghana Ghana Nobel peace Prize (2001)

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He is a former diplomat of Ghana and was the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations serving from 1997 to 2006. And as a leading role, he galvanizing global action through the General Assembly and the Security Council to combat terrorism and other political crisis especially in the Africa and Middle East (or simply peacekeeper). He also issued the "call to nation", in order to address the world spread pandemic HIV/AIDS, and put forward the establishment of a Global AIDS and health Fund. In 2002, a little controversy erupted after his term as Secretary General was renewed by the UNSC. In 2004, he publicly stated that invasion of Iraq by the US and Britain sponsored coalition forces was illegal. He was honored with numerous honorary doctorates and was also a joint recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 with United Nations. His Early Jobs in United Nations In 1962, he joined the staff of the World Health Organization as a Budget Officer. In 1974 he left the job and for a brief period served as managing director of the Ghana Tourist Development Company. After spending two years at the tourism company, he returned to international diplomacy and re-joined the United Nations in 1976. In 1983, he was posted to the UN Headquarters at New York. There, he held many senior positions and ranks. He was appointed Assistant Secretary-General in Human Resources Management and Security Coordinator (1987-1990), Assistant Secretary-General Program Planning, Budget and Finance, and Controller (1990-1992) and Assistant Secretary-General Peacekeeping Operations (March 1993 February 1994). He was Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping at a time when nearly 70,000 military and civilian personnel were deployed in UN operations around the world. From 1976 to 1983, he worked with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva. During the Gulf War in 1990, he facilitated the repatriation of international staff and citizens of Western countries from Iraq after it invaded Kuwait. He subsequently led initial negotiations with Baghdad on the sale of oil to fund humanitarian relief. From November 1995 to March 1996, he served as the Secretary-General's Special Representative to the former Yugoslavia serving for five months in that capacity before returning to his duties as Under-Secretary-General in April 1996.

Head of the United Nations On 13 December 1996, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) urged him to replace previous Secretary-General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt. His first term as Secretary-General commenced on 1 January 1997. Earlier, the United States placed a veto on Ghalis second term. He used his office in settling several delicate political situations including resolving the stalemate between Libya and the Security Council in 1999 and to forge an international response to violence in East Timor. He was responsible for certifying Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, and in 2006, his efforts contributed to securing a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. Also in 2006, he mediated a settlement of the dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria over the Bakassi peninsula through implementation of the judgment of the International Court of Justice. His Secretary-Generalship was renewed on January 1, 2002. In an interview to a private news channel, in 2004, he said that United Nations had urged both the United States and United Kingdom not to invade Iraq without the support of the United Nations. Therefore, "from the point of view of United Nations Charter the invasion and occupation was indeed, illegal. While treating the Darfur crisis, he favored sending a UN peacekeeping mission force by, replacing the present African Union peacekeeping mission. He also urging that, in 2005, Member States established two new intergovernmental bodies: the Peace building Commission and the Human Rights Council. On 21 March 2005, he tabled a progress report, In Larger Freedom, in the UN General Assembly. He talked about a number of reforms for the United Nations, specifically stressing on the expansion of Security Council.

Post United Nations Term He even after his retirement from the United Nations on 19 September 2006, has been in touch with several global organizations that focus in establishing peace and democracy in the war-hit regions. In 2007, Annan was chosen to lead the new formation of Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and appointed as the President of the Global Humanitarian Forum in Geneva. He currently serves on the board of directors of the United Nations Foundation, a public charity created in 1998 with entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turners historic $1 billion gift to support UN causes. In 2008, Kofi Annan was appointed the Chancellor of the University of Ghana. Awards For his contribution as a regular staff of the United Nations he was honored by numerous organizations across the globe. Besides the honorary doctorates, he received the following awards:

Liberty Medal International Selection Commission, Liberty Medal, 4 July 2001 Nobel Foundation, The Nobel Peace Prize, jointly presented to Kofi Annan and the United Nations, 2001 2002 winner of the "Profiles in Courage Award," given by the JFK Memorial Museum. Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty (Portugal), 11 October 2005 Order of the Netherlands Lion, Knight Grand Cross, 2006 University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Max Schmidheiny Foundation Freedom Prize (originally awarded 2003, but postponed due to Annan's illness), 18 November 2006 Princeton University, Crystal Tiger Award, 28 November 2006 Inter Press Service, International Achievement Award for Annan's lasting contributions to peace, security, and development, 19 December 2006 Olof Palme Prize, 2006 Honorary Knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II (GCMG), 2007. MacArthur Foundation, MacArthur Award for International Justice Peace of Westphalia Prize 2008