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Kofi Annan

File photo of former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, left, who won the Nobel Prize in 2001, with late Israeli president Shimon Peres, 1994 Nobel Prize winner, during a conference in Petra, Jordan, 15 May 2007. (AFP/Khalil MAZRAAWI)
August 18, 2018, 9:33 pm
Israel mourns late UN chief who ‘opposed attempts to delegitimize Jewish state’
PM, Foreign Ministry offer condolences following death of Kofi Annan, joining countries from around world in commemorating Nobel peace prize laureate and celebrated diplomat
By ToI Staff and AFP
Former United Nations (UN) secretary-general Kofi Annan poses during a photo session in Paris, December 11, 2017. (JOEL SAGET/AFP)
August 18, 2018, 2:03 pm
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan dies at age 80
Nobel peace laureate and celebrated diplomat who worked to focus the world body’s agenda on human rights, passes away after an unspecified illness
By AP and ToI Staff
Former United Nations (UN) secretary-general Kofi Annan poses during a photo session in Paris, December 11, 2017. (JOEL SAGET/AFP)
December 12, 2017, 4:57 pm
Leaders needed to fix global ‘mess,’ says Kofi Annan
Members of The Elders group speak about the state of international affairs in the era of the Trump administration
By Katy Lee and Adam PLOWRIGHT
In this Monday, May 8, 2017 photo, former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is interviewed at The Associated Press headquarters, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
May 9, 2017, 11:41 pm
Ex-UN chief: Israeli-Palestinian peace impossible with current leaders
Kofi Annan says parties haven’t engaged in serious talks in years, ‘crucial’ accord unlikely ‘given the leadership in place’
By AP and ToI Staff
Incoming UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses UN delegates at the General Assembly December 12, 2016, at the United Nations in New York. (AFP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
January 1, 2017, 10:57 pm
Guterres takes reins of UN amid worries over US support
As world faces global crises, new chief expresses concerns about Trump, urges New Year’s resolution: ‘Put peace first’
By Edith M. Lederer
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks to the Associated Press during an interview, in Marrakech, Morocco, November 16, 2016. (AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
January 1, 2017, 12:44 am
In shadow of Syria, Ban Ki-moon ends a decade as UN chief
A key figure in 2015 climate accord, outgoing secretary-general laments role of world leaders in ongoing wars and crises
By Edith M. Lederer
File photo provided by the Jordanian royal palace showing Jordan's King Abdullah II, right, receiving Israeli president Shimon Peres at his private residence in Amman, February 10, 2004 . (AFP/Yousef ALLAN)
September 29, 2016, 8:30 pm
Peres’s 2-state support must be upheld, Jordan king says in condolence letter
Abdullah joins other Arab leaders in remembering former president, sends deputy PM to funeral in Jerusalem
By Stuart Winer
Syrian civil defense volunteers, known as the White Helmets, dig through the debris following an earlier airstrike in the Jallum neighborhood of Aleppo, on August 20, 2016. (AFP/Thaer Mohammed)
September 3, 2016, 1:53 pm
Stalled talks, rising violence jeopardize UN Syria mediation
UN special envoy says Assad now ‘clearly has a strategy’ to force local surrenders and evacuations
By Jamey Keaten
In this undated photo, then-United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres, left, and Turkey's former foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu pose for cameras before a meeting in Ankara, Turkey. (Burhan Ozbilici/AP)
July 23, 2016, 6:41 am
Diplomats: Ex-Portuguese minister tops poll for next UN chief
Antonio Guterres, who served as UN High Commissioner for Refugees until the end of last year, receives 12 out of 15 ‘encourage’ votes from council members
By Edith M. Lederer
Former US president Jimmy Carter waves as he arrives for a meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas as part of a delegation of The Elders group of retired prominent world figures, May 2, 2015. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
May 26, 2016, 9:50 am
Jimmy Carter to step down from ‘front-line’ work with rights group
The former US president led a 2015 delegation of The Elders, retired world leaders, to Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank
By KATHLEEN FOODY and Rachel Zoll
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif shakes hands with attendees at the Munich Security Conference, Sunday, February 2, 2014. Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon can be seen near the top of the frame, at the end of the front row of seats. (Photo credit: Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
February 4, 2015, 4:31 pm
Security confab focuses on ‘collapse of global order’
Iran nuclear talks, Syrian war, Ebola outbreak and cyber-terrorism will be discussed in Munich conference
By AFP
Yitzhak Rabin, left, chats with Yasser Arafat, center, and Shimon Peres after the three received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo in 1994. (GPO)
October 10, 2014, 2:11 pm
Winners of Nobel Peace Prize since 1980
Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin were among the individuals to receive the award
By AP
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, meets with Staffan de Mistura, new Special Envoy for Syria, in July 2014. (photo credit: UN/Eskinder Debebe)
September 9, 2014, 9:31 pm
New UN envoy begins first visit to Syria
Italian diplomat Staffan de Mistura takes over failed three-year efforts to end war
By Albert Aji
US Secretary of State John Kerry at a press conference in Cairo with United Nations Chief Ban Ki-moon, on July 25, 2014 (Photo credit: AFP/Pool)
August 16, 2014, 12:00 pm
Report: German intel spied on Kerry, Clinton
Der Spiegel says tapping of phone conversations done by accident
By AP
Kofi Annan speaks during a press briefing at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday (photo credit: AP/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)
January 26, 2014, 10:55 am
Former global leaders to visit Iran
The Elders, who aim to encourage dialogue between Iran and world, include former UN head Annan, US president Carter
By AFP
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