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Former United Nations chief and Nobel Peace Prize laureate General Kofi Annan passed away at the age of 80, following a short illness. Annan, a Ghanaian national, died in hospital in Bern, Switzerland, in the early hours of Saturday. He is survived by his wife and three children. Announcing the news of the leader’s demise, the Kofi Annan Foundation wrote on its Twitter page, “It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, passed away peacefully on Saturday 18th August after a short illness.” Remembering the late leader, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said in a statement, “In many ways, Kofi Annan was the United Nations. He rose through the ranks to lead the organization into the new millennium with matchless dignity and determination.” Annan was the first black African to assume the office of world’s top diplomat, serving two terms as secretary-general from January 1, 1997 to December 31, 2006. He later also served as the UN special envoy for conflict-ridden Syria. In 2001, Annan and the UN were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. His tenure at United Nations witnessed one of the most turbulent periods since the founding of the world body in 1945. Annan faced criticism for UN’s failure to halt the genocide in Rwanda in the 1990s, during his term as head of UN peacekeeping operations. As UN chief he was linked to peace efforts to reunite the divided island of Cyprus. In 2007, he helped broker peace in Kenya, where over a thousand were killed in election violence. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, remembered Annan as “humanity’s best example, the epitome, of human decency and grace.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi also expressed grief over the death of the former UN leader. “Kofi Annan’s significant contribution to the MDGs (Millenium Development Goals) will always be remembered. My thoughts are with his family and admirers in this hour of grief. May his soul rest in peace,” Modi tweeted. Paying tribute to Annan, French President Emannuel Macron said, “France pays tribute to him. We will never forget his calm and resolute approach to matters, nor the strength of his commitments.” British PM Theresa May condoled the death, saying “A great leader and reformer of the UN, he made a huge contribution to making the world he has left a better place than the one he was born into.” The IndianExpress/The Surveilance
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