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Former UN chief Kofi Annan passes away

Annan was the first black African to take up the role of the world's top diplomat. IMAGE: United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on April 27, 2005....

UNGA: Kofi Annan rings Peace Bell

An hour ahead of the opening of the 59th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary General Kofi Annan rang the Peace Bell in the UN compound as part of the traditional opening...

'British spooks spied on Kofi Annan'

Former cabinet minister in the Tony Blair government Clare Short alleged that intelligence agencies spied on United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in the run-up to the Iraq War, Sky News...

Kofi Annan: The 'teflon' UN secretary-general

'Kofi Annan will be remembered more for his Nobel Prize and related glory rather than Rwanda and Volcker,' notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan with whom he worked in the UN. IMAGE: Former UN...

Kofi Annan resigns as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria

United Nations and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has resigned from his post as international envoy for Syria after trying in vain for six months to broker peace and bring the country's warring...

Corruption hurting economic growth: Kofi Annan

Battle against corruption is going beyond the local realms with the United Nations launching a frontal attack against the "insidious menace" terming it as a progenitor of poverty, terrorism and...

Annan calls for plan to bridge digital divide

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for an action plan on the use of information and communication technologies in bridging the digital divide, especially in the developing...

Rich nations fueling poverty: Annan

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday accused the world's richest countries of fueling poverty through unfair trade policies."The damage is profound and the victims can be counted in the...

Annan asks rich nations to hike aid

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on the rich nations to keep their promises to increase the official development aid to 0.7 per cent of the GDP and expand debt relief to help the...

Nitin Desai is Annan's special adviser for info su

Eminent economist and United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Nitin Desai has been appointed as Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Adviser for the World Summit on...

Who will take charge of FIFA? Kofi Annan or Platini

Campaigners call for Kofi Annan to take charge of FIFA reform Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images A group campaigning for reform of world...

'Moral victors' Ghana get $20,000 cash bonus

Ghana's national soccer team won a $20,000 cash bonus per player on Tuesday and were hailed moral victors by former UN chief and countryman Kofi Annan after losing out on a World Cup semi-final...

UN to honour Dravid, Inzamam

Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid and his Pakistani counterpart Inzamam-ul Haq have been selected to become spokesmen for 'Sport for Development and Peace' at the United Nations.The duo have been...

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