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Kofi Atta Annan (/ ˈ k oʊ f i ˈ æ n æ n / KOH-fee AN-an, [1] US also /-ˈ ɑː n ɑː n /- AH-nahn; [2] 8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. [3] Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. [4]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 January 2025. Burmese politician (born 1945) In this Burmese name, the given name is Aung San Suu Kyi. There is no family name. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည် Aung San Suu Kyi in 2019 State Counsellor of Myanmar In office 6 April 2016 – 1 February 2021 President ...
2001: Nobel Foundation, The Nobel Peace Prize, jointly presented to Kofi Annan and the United Nations [13] 2002: Profiles in Courage Award. [14] 2002: The American Whig-Cliosophic Society James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service. [15] 2003: Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences [16]
The winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Oct. 6 in Oslo. The leader of the U.S. civil rights movement was "the first person in the Western world to have shown us that a ...
Interventions: A Life in War and Peace is a memoir by former Secretary-General of the United Nations and 2001 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Kofi Annan.The book, published in 2012, focuses on the workings of the United Nations Secretariat and the conditions under which the Secretary General has to make decisions.
The Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded 577 times to 889 recipients, of which 26 awards (all Peace Prizes) were to organizations. Due to some recipients receiving multiple awards, the total number of recipients is 860 individuals and 22 organizations. [1] The present list ranks laureates under the country/countries ...
The 2001 Nobel Prizes were awarded by the Nobel Foundation, based in Sweden. Six categories were awarded: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences. [1] Nobel Week took place from December 6 to 12, including programming such as lectures, dialogues, and discussions.
The first woman to receive a Nobel Peace Prize was Bertha von Suttner in 1905. Of the 111 individual Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, 19 have been women. [6] The International Committee of the Red Cross has received the most Nobel Peace Prizes, having been awarded the Prize three times for its humanitarian work. [6]