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In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda.
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Birth: | 8th April, 1938 |
Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Profession: | Activist, Politician |
Kofi Atta Annan 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 Chairman of The Elders, a group founded by Nelson Mandela.
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