Knowledge is power. Information
is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every
family. - Kofi Annan Quote
Kofi Annan was born in 08 April
1938 and died on 18 August 2018, his age is 80 years
Kofi served as a seventh Secretary-General
of the United Nations, received Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 also he was founder
and chairman for Kofi Annan Foundation as well as chairman of The Elders (international
organization) founded by Nelson Mandela.
(From 1954 to 1957,
- Kofi Annan took education at Muffintima School. Annan flew to the US on the hostel of the Ford Foundation in 1957.
From 1958 to 1961,
- He studied economics at McAlester College in the city of Saint Paul in Minnesota State, and in 1961 he received a bachelor's degree.
In the year 1961,
- Annan made Daea degree from Geneva's Graduate Institute of International Studies in "International Relations".
From 1971 to June 1972,
- He obtained MS degree in Management from MIT in Alfred Sloan Fellows) – Wikipedia
Note:
On 18 August 2018, we were in family tour, temple tour, and also attending Marriage event of my close
relative in Nellore.
While we were waiting for cars,
my uncle, who is central government employee as shown Newspaper.
I was reading local Newspaper
Eenadu Newspaper of regional page local edition and
pictures.
He shown me about Kofi Annan
in Eenadu Newspaper in Main page, I thought he was a famous
actor in film at Hollywood.
Later, he corrected me about
Kofi Annan. He said more things about Kofi education on those days.
Since, I am watching and writing
about Condolences articles from 18 august 2019 to 03 September 2018 in my Blog it’s been late to
write this article about Nobel Peace
Prize award person in the world.
I have seen,
Kofi Annan: Center of the Storm
United Nations Secretary VHS – In Amazon.com
Some of Kofi
Annan books List:
- Interventions: A Life in War and Peace
- We the Peoples: A UN for the Twenty-First Century
- Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace in a World of WarKofi Annan: A Spokesperson's Memoir
- Kofi Annan: Guiding the United Nations (Modern Peacemakers)
- The Circle of Empowerment: Twenty-five Years of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Mariam K. Chamberlain Series on Social and Economic Justice)
- The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American World Power
- Confronting Anti-Semitism: Essays by Kofi A. Annan, Elie Wiesel, et al
- 7 Things you did not know about Kofi Annan
- Why is Kofi Annan not a woman? - Gender & leadership at the United Nations
- The Quotable Kofi Annan: Selections from Speeches and Statements from the Secretary General
- Time Magazine September 4 2000 U.N. Chief Kofi Annan * Arctic Meltdown
- The State of the World's Children 2003
Getting Noble Peace Prize is
not an easy task. The person who got noble Peace prize will remain in history.
Be proud that Kofi Annan is one of list in Noble Peace Prize achievers.
I will write about Kofi Annan and
about his books also speeches, when I will get those books from library.
Until then keep reading……
Thank you for reading!
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