Today's General Info Post
cuz it’s better to know than not to know
I’ve been meaning to get ‘round tuit on this; somewhat cursory but nonetheless informative.
Kofi Annan ...born in Kumasi, Ghana, on 8 April 1938. He studied at the University of Science and Technology in Kumasi and completed his undergraduate work in economics at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A., in 1961. ...From 1961 to 1962, he undertook graduate studies in economics at the Institut universitaire des hautes études internationales in Geneva....joined the United Nations system in 1962 as an administrative and budget officer with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva ... As a 1971-1972 Sloan Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mr. Annan received a Master of Science degree in management. ...he has served with the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa; the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF II) in Ismailia; the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva; and, at UN Headquarters in New York, as Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management and Security Coordinator for the UN System (1987-1990) and Assistant Secretary-General for Programme Planning, Budget and Finance, and Controller (1990-1992).
In 1990, following the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, Mr. Annan was asked by the Secretary-General, as a special assignment, to facilitate the repatriation of more than 900 international staff and citizens of Western countries from Iraq. He subsequently led the first United Nations team negotiating with Iraq on the sale of oil to fund purchases of humanitarian aid.
...The seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, is the first to be elected from the ranks of UN staff. [ two terms: 1/1/97 - 1/1/07]
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