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Kofi Atta Annan (/ ˈkoʊfiˈænæn / KOH-fee AN-an, [ 1 ] US also /- ˈɑːnɑːn / - 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 ]
Diplomatic rank is a system of professional and social rank used in the world of diplomacy and international relations.A diplomat's rank determines many ceremonial details, such as the order of precedence at official processions, table seatings at state dinners, the person to whom diplomatic credentials should be presented, and the title by which the diplomat should be addressed.
Diplomatic correspondence. An 1862 letter of condolence from Abraham Lincoln to Queen Victoria on the occasion of the death of Prince Albert shows the republican salutation "Great and Good Friend". Diplomatic correspondence is correspondence between one state and another and is usually of a formal character. It follows several widely observed ...
Diplomatic corps plaque used on some embassies and diplomatic missions. The diplomatic corps (French: corps diplomatique) is the collective body of foreign diplomats accredited to a particular country or body. The diplomatic corps may, in certain contexts, refer to the collection of accredited heads of mission (ambassadors, high commissioners ...
Melvyn Douglas, Greta Garbo and Richard Carle. Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas. Ninotchka is a 1939 American romantic comedy film made for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by producer and director Ernst Lubitsch and starring Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas. [ 1 ] It was written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, and Walter Reisch, [ 1 ] based on a story by ...
Jan Nowak-Jeziorański. Zdzisław Jeziorański. Jan Nowak-Jeziorański (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈnɔvak jɛʑɔˈraɲskʲi]; 2 October 1914 – 20 January 2005) was a Polish journalist, writer, politician, social worker and patriot. He served during the Second World War as one of the most notable resistance fighters of the Home Army.
Quartered arms of Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley, KG, GCB, PC. Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley, KG, GCB, PC (17 June 1804 – 15 July 1884), known as The Lord Cowley between 1847 and 1857, was a British diplomat.
Ken Harada (原田 健, Harada Ken, born 1893 - September 18, 1973) [4] was a chargé d'affaires to Vichy France [4] [5] and a diplomat to the Holy See from Japan. [6] He was appointed as a special envoy to the Vatican, and served in this capacity from 1942 to 1945. [4]