KOFI ANNANUNITED NATIONS, SECRETARY GENERAL

"A man of peace in a world of war"

KOFI ANNANUNITED NATIONS, SECRETARY GENERAL

"A man of peace in a world of war"

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Agenda

• Biography in Brief• Leadership Context• Main Achievements• Leadership Style• His Legacy• Conclusion

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Biography in Brief

• Born in April 1938 in Kumasi, Ghana• Education

– 1958: Degree in Economics, University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

– 1962: Graduate studies at the Institutes of International Affaires, Geneva, Switzerland

– 1972: Master degree of Science in Management, MIT, USA

• Career– 1962: BFO for WHO, Geneva, Switzerland– 1974-1976: Director of Tourism, Ghana– 1976-1993: Several positions in the UN system– 1993-1996: UN Undersecretary of Peacekeeping operations– 1997-2006: Secretary of the UN

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Leadership Context

• Preceded by Boutros Boutros Ghali• US and UN relationship is broken • 2nd SG from Africa, 1st SG to be Black African• Taking the direction of a bankrupted organization• UN is losing its influence in the World

01/01/1997: Annan elected as 7th UN Secretary

General

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Main Achievements

• Comprehensive reform to strengthen the UN's work in development and maintenance of international peace and security

• Advocacy of Human rights, equality, tolerance and human dignity

• Call for businesses to respect UN principles• Leading role in mobilizing the international community to

fight:– HIV/AIDS pandemic– Terrorist threats

• Public confidence of the UN restored• Peace Nobel Prize shared with the United Nations in 2001

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Leadership Style

• Shaping his character:– Family– Independence of Ghana– Participation in several activists groups– Travel in Europe & around the world

• Described as: – Calm, soft spoken, optimist, innovative, independent, well-liked

leader– Dignity, confidence, courage, compassion and faith (The five virtues

of Annan, Times, Sep 2000)• Nicknamed: “secular pope”, “president of the world”, “crisis manager”

or “rock star of diplomacy”

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Leadership Style

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1. General behavior

2. CrisEs Situation

• Selling• Persuading• Convincing

. Telling• Directing• Guiding

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His Legacy

• Millennium Goals (2000)– Commitment of the worldleaders to reduce extreme povertyand to set out a series of time bound targets to be reached by 2015

• The Global Fund (2002)– Fund raising agency to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

• The Global Compact (2000)– Policy initiative for businesses to follow principles in term of human rights, working conditions, environment, anti corruption….

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Conclusion

• Kofi Annan has been SG of the UN for a decade– Handling the most important crises in the world– Fighting to end poverty, HIV/AIDS, to improve education, equity,

and a sustainable environment

• Today, Annan is still active to achieve its Millennium goals. He is also chairman of the Mo Ibrahim Prize…

…the prize for achievement in African leadership!

Q & A

Thank you…