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Kofi Annan was the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations—serving two terms from January 1997 to December 2006—and was the first to emerge from the ranks of United Nations staff. He has served the United Nations in various capacities since 1962, including working as the under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations and the special representative of the secretary-general to the former Yugoslavia. Born in Ghana in 1938, Annan is the first sub-Saharan African to hold the post of secretary-general. In 2001 he and the United Nations were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with a citation praising Annan’s leadership for “bringing new life to the organization.” |