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Kofi Annan Passes Away- 10 Famous Sayings of the Former U.N Secretary General

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August 26 The former Chief of United Nations Organization, Kofi Annan died in a Swiss hospital in the early hours of Saturday at the age of 80. After rising through the ranks of the United Nations, Annan served two terms as U.N. Secretary-General in New York from 1997-2006 and retired to live in a Swiss village in the Geneva countryside. As the man will be laid to rest on 13 September in Ghana, we take a look at ten of his most famous sayings: 1. “Peace is never a perfect achievement” 2. “To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.” 3. “When women thrive all of society benefits and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.” 4. “Education is a human right w...