When Kofi Annan became the seventh Secretary General of the United Nations, on January 1, 1997, he was first to come to the job from within the ranks of the UN staff and was the first black African elected to the post. In 2001 both he and the UN were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for "their work for a better organized and more peaceful world."
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Kofi Annan - Born 8 April 1938
When Kofi Annan became the seventh Secretary General of the United Nations, on January 1, 1997, he was first to come to the job from within the ranks of the UN staff and was the first black African elected to the post. In 2001 both he and the UN were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for "their work for a better organized and more peaceful world."
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