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| Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has passed away – United Nations | Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has passed away – United Nations |
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| Kofi Annan passed away from a “short illness” on Saturday, his family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announced in a statement. Annan, a former diplomat from Ghana, led the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. | |
| In 2001, Annan and the UN were co-recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. | |
| After his tenure as secretary general, he served as the UN-Arab League special envoy for Syria in 2012, until he became frustrated with the lack of progress. | |
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