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Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's life in photos
June 15, 1993
Kofi Annan, the United Nation's chief peacekeeping official, tells reporters at U.N. headquarter sin on Tuesday, June 15, 1993 in New York that Pakistani peacekeepers in Somalia "have not been a trigger-happy group." (AP Photo/Ed Bailey)
Feb. 21, 1994
United Nations Undersecretary-General Kofi Annan, right, the top U.N. peacekeeping official, speaks to Igbal Rizan, an assistant Undersecretary of the United Nations, on Monday, Feb. 21, 1994. (AP Photo/Chrystyna Czajkowsky)
May 27, 1995
Kofi Annan, United Nations under secretary general for Peace Keeping Operations, leaves the UN Security Council chambers with U.S. Ambassador to the UN Madeleine Albright after consultations on Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday, May 27, 1995 in United Nation. (AP Photo/David Karp)
Nov. 3, 1995
Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations to the Former Yugoslavia, and Special Envoy to NATO ,Kofi Annan, right, talks to the press with French Lt. General Bernard Janvier, after meeting with NATO officials at the Alliance headquarters Friday Nov. 3, 1995.(AP PHOTO/Pierre Thielemans)
Nov 28, 1995
Special U.N. representative Kofi Annan on the tarmac of the airport in Sarajevo upon his arrival on Tuesday, Nov 28. 1995. (AP Photo/Rikard Larma)
Dec. 12, 1996
Kofi Annan, center, candidate for the United Nations Secretary General, arrives at the United Nations in New York, Thursday, Dec. 12, 1996. "I guess this is the end of privacy," said Annan, as reporters swarmed him. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Dec. 17, 1996
Kofi Annan, facing camera, the next secretary general of the United Nations, gets a hug from Razali Ismail, president of the General Assembly, after taking the oath of office at the U.N. in New York Tuesday, Dec. 17, 1996. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Dec. 18, 1996
United Nations Secretary-General-elect Kofi Annan answers a question at his first news conference at his new post, at the United Nations, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 1996 in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Jan. 7, 1997
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan greets the United State's Secretary of State Warren Christopher at the United Nations, in New York, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1997. (AP Photo/Adam Nadel)
Jan. 9, 1997
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan waves as he acknowledges a standing ovation from the United Nations staff in the General Assembly, Thursday, Jan. 9, 1997. Annan said in his address that followed that the U.N. must mend its ties with member states and develop a "new management culture" to revitalize the troubled organization. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Jan. 23, 1997
FILE - In this Thursday Jan. 23, 1997 file photo President Clinton looks on as United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan answers a reporters question during their joint news conference at the White House after their Oval Office meeting. Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson, File)
Sept. 23, 2003
FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003 file photo U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan greets President Bush at U.N. headquarters before the start of the 58th U.N. General Assembly. Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80.(AP Photo/Scott Applewhite, File)
Sept. 21, 2004
FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2004 file photo United Nations Secretary General Kofi Anna, right, greets United States President George Bush, before the opening of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations, in New York. Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Oct. 19, 2004
FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2004 file photo Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, receives the Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, at Buckingham Palace, in London. Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
March 21, 2005
FILE - In this Tuesday March 21, 2005 file photo United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan addresses a news conference at the United Nations. Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
March 29, 2005
FILE - In this Tuesday March 29, 2005 file photo United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan addresses a news conference at the United Nations. Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
April 13, 2005
FILE - In this Wednesday, April 13, 2005 file photo former President Bill Clinton, the United Nations special envoy for tsunami recovery, meets U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, at U.N. headquarters. Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
May 2, 2005
FILE - In this Monday May 2, 2005 file photo U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan addresses a conference to review to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
May 14, 2006
FILE - In this Sunday, May 14, 2006 file photo U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan waves as he gets into a car upon his arrival at the Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, South Korea. Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
July 22, 2007
FILE - In this Sunday, July 22, 2007 file photo Nelson Mandela and former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan arrive together at the 5th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, held at the Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg, South Africa. Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. (AP Photo, File)
Oct. 14, 2010
FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010 file photo former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan speaks at the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa. Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Aug. 2, 2012
FILE - In this Thursday Aug. 2, 2012 file photo Kofi Annan speaks during a press briefing, at the European headquarters of the United Nations, UN, in Geneva, Switzerland. Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. (Martial Trezzini, Keystone via AP, File)
April 19, 2017
FILE - In this Wednesday, April 19, 2017 file photo Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary General speaks during the Global partners meeting on neglected tropical diseases, (NTDs), at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. (Martial Trezzini, Keystone via AP, File)
