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Kofi Annan, Diplomat Who Redefined the U.N., Dies at 80
New York Times ^
| AUG. 18, 2018
| ALAN COWELL
Posted on 08/18/2018 5:33:22 AM PDT by BlessedBeGod
Kofi Annan, a soft-spoken and patrician diplomat from Ghana, who became the seventh secretary general of the United Nations, projecting himself and his organization as the worlds conscience and moral arbiter despite bloody debacles that left indelible stains on his record as a peacekeeper, died on Saturday. He was 80.
His death, after a short illness, was confirmed by his family in a statement from the Kofi Annan Foundation, which is based in Switzerland.
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001, he was the first black African to head the United Nations, and led the organization for two successive five-year terms beginning in 1997 a decade of turmoil that challenged the sprawling body and redefined its place in a changing world...
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clintonfoundation; corrupt; ghana; haiti; hotelrwanda; kofiannan; nobelpeaceprize; obituary; oilforfood; unitednations; untiednations
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To: BlessedBeGod
US out of UN
UN out of US
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posted on
08/18/2018 6:44:59 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: BlessedBeGod
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posted on
08/18/2018 6:49:35 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: BlessedBeGod; Fred Nerks
Meh!
Kovfefe , Kofifi.
Anan make mine black!
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posted on
08/18/2018 6:54:20 AM PDT
by
Candor7
((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
To: Rummyfan
So much safer and comfortable to live among whites.
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posted on
08/18/2018 6:58:57 AM PDT
by
353FMG
To: BlessedBeGod
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posted on
08/18/2018 7:06:14 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: Texas Eagle
My very favorite African-American is Charlize Theron.
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posted on
08/18/2018 7:32:43 AM PDT
by
gigster
(Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
To: Texas Eagle
Charlize Theron: Born in South Africa 1975. Became a naturalized U.S. Citizen 2007. So, she is a white African, and an African-American.
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posted on
08/18/2018 7:45:10 AM PDT
by
shooter223
(the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
To: Texas Eagle
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posted on
08/18/2018 7:47:16 AM PDT
by
FrdmLvr
(They never thought she would lose.)
To: Texas Eagle
You mean there are other kinds of Africans? Do tell.
Eagle my FRiend there are millions, and many kinds of WHITE Africans. For instance, Afrikaners. The country is as much theirs as it is the blacks, no matter how the political winds blow, no matter how much is now stolen from the whites, and no matter how much discrimination is levied against African whites.
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08/18/2018 8:55:05 AM PDT
by
golux
To: BlessedBeGod
I, personally, would like to congratulate Kofi and his son for their excellent work on preteen-rape-and-sex-trafficking to UN personnel in war-torn areas through his tenure.
Kofi did his very best to keep those UN “soldiers” satisfied between bouts of shining their fancy Land Rover defenders at US expense.
Thanks Kofi, for all your hard work on single mothers!
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08/18/2018 9:00:29 AM PDT
by
golux
To: BlessedBeGod
And accepted millions in bribes in the form of Oil Certificates from Iraq under sanctions..
To: Laslo Fripp
“When Obama gets there, he can be the dummy. “
Or, as Slick Willie opined, “he can get Kofi his coffee (or cofeffe)!”
To: BlessedBeGod
Funniest part is that ‘Kofi Annan’ means ‘Cloud Monkey’ in Hewbrew.
To: Texas Eagle
Wait, what? He was the first BLACK African to lead the UN? You mean there are other kinds of Africans? Do tell. My reaction: "So it turns out that not all Africans are black, yet all African-Americans are black. Hmmmm"
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08/18/2018 10:15:00 AM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
(Russians couldnt have done a better job destroying sacred American institutions than Democrats have)
To: AustinBill
The hell you say. You mean Egyptians, Libyans, and Morrocans are not considered black? We been had!
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posted on
08/18/2018 10:47:05 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no gstandards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: FLT-bird
First to bring African levels of corruption and nepotism to the U.N.
It was only an incremental decline from previous standards, however.
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posted on
08/18/2018 12:02:26 PM PDT
by
Wonka
To: BlessedBeGod
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posted on
08/18/2018 1:28:20 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: Candor7
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posted on
08/18/2018 6:07:35 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(Fair Dinkum!)
To: Candor7
https://twitter.com/TheObamaFile
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posted on
08/18/2018 8:01:55 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(Fair Dinkum!)
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