The World’s Failure in Rwanda Changed Kofi Annan’s Worldview

By artappraiser on Sat, 08/18/2018 - 6:03pm |

The former UN secretary general became a proponent of diplomatic interventions to alleviate human suffering. Annan died Saturday at the age of 80.

By Krishnadev Calamur @ TheAtlantic.com, Aug. 18

Kofi Annan, who died Saturday at the age of 80 in Bern, Switzerland, will be remembered as the UN’s first secretary-general from sub-Saharan Africa, a courtly figure who oversaw the global organization during a period of tumult, and as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. But in many ways, Annan’s legacy will be defined as much by his failures, and what he did with them, as by his many successes [....]

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https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/08/kofi-annan-rwanda/567865/