Posted on 08/18/2018 12:25:25 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan died on Saturday at age 80.
Annan served as Secretary General between 1997 and 2006. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001.
In 2004, after archterrorist Yasser Arafat's death, Annan held a special meeting in the UN. The meeting included a "moment of silence."
Responding to his death, Israel's Foreign Ministry called Annan one of the "pillars" of "multilateral diplomacy," and said he "devoted his life to achieving peace, reducing poverty, and fighting child morbidity."
During his term, Annan opposed attempts to de-legitimize Israel, as well as attempts to deny the Holocaust. he supported the UN initiative to set an international Holocaust remembrance day.
"Kofi Annan devoted his life to making the world a more peaceful place through his compassion and dedication to service," US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said. "He worked tirelessly to unite us and never stopped fighting for the dignity of every person."
"We join the entire United Nations and diplomatic community in celebrating his life and lifting the Annan family up in love and prayers."
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said, "We will remember him as having been very active in the international arena and as someone who fought anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Ah, Kofi & doughnuts at the UN...I remember it well, and it wasn’t all that great.
They’re all third world gold diggers and can’t wait to retire for their tax free UN pension.
Which reminds me, Obama Treasury Sec. Geithner didn't pay the Soc. Security tax due on his IMF earnings at the time.
But Geithner was let off with paying the back taxes with interest (no penalty). Quite a contrast to Manafort's treatment.
Even reading the wiki article, I see very little cause for that view, but maybe that’s just me. Knock yourself out.
Never impressed with the man
GOOD, should have been 60 years sooner.
Rot in hell, Annan.
Yet another globalist bun from africa.
Kofi Anus...
an America hating scum.
Annan held a remembrance ceremony at the UN when Bella Abzug died. She was a leader in cutting off funding in Southeast Asia before it fell to the communists. Thousands died as a result of her and like-minded Congress critters.
GOOD! Piss on the grave of that antisemite.
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