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80</h1></div><div data-component="byline-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"></div><figure><div data-component="image-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 EXUng"><div data-testid="hero-image" class="sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC"><img src="/bbcx/grey-placeholder.png" class="sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script"/><img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcSet="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/29C8/production/_103069601_fceee515-976f-451a-a1d7-0ac8d92057c2.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/29C8/production/_103069601_fceee515-976f-451a-a1d7-0ac8d92057c2.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/29C8/production/_103069601_fceee515-976f-451a-a1d7-0ac8d92057c2.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/29C8/production/_103069601_fceee515-976f-451a-a1d7-0ac8d92057c2.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/29C8/production/_103069601_fceee515-976f-451a-a1d7-0ac8d92057c2.jpg.webp 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80-year-old "passed away peacefully on Saturday after a short illness", the foundation named after him said.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">His home country, Ghana, has declared a week of national mourning. Annan served two terms as UN chief from 1997 to 2006, and was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">He later served as the UN special envoy for Syria, leading efforts to find a solution to the conflict.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">In a statement announcing his death, <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/KofiAnnan?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" class="sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB">the Kofi Annan Foundation described him as a "global statesman </a>and deeply committed internationalist who fought throughout his life for a fairer and more peaceful world". </p></div><div data-component="ad-slot" data-testid="ad-unit" class="sc-d2ebd0a7-0 iayHyW"><div data-testid="dotcom-mid_1" id="dotcom-mid_1" class="dotcom-ad"></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">"Wherever there was suffering or need, he reached out and touched many people with his deep compassion and empathy."</p></div><div data-component="unordered-list-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 jVHuOl"><ul class="sc-5c9c90b0-0 cnfHHs"><li class="sc-8d73edac-0 ezcCTE"><a target="_self" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45234600" class="sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB">Remembering the world's top diplomat</a></li><li class="sc-8d73edac-0 ezcCTE"><a target="_self" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-44412275" class="sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB">Obituary: Kofi Annan</a></li><li class="sc-8d73edac-0 ezcCTE"><a target="_self" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09zg272/hardtalk-kofi-annan-former-un-secretary-general" class="sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB">Annan speaks to BBC on 80th birthday (UK only)</a></li></ul></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">The career diplomat died in hospital in the Swiss city of Bern. He had been living near Geneva for several years.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 for helping to revitalise the international body, during a period that coincided with the Iraq War and the HIV/Aids pandemic.</p></div><div data-component="video-block" data-testid="fabl-video-container" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG"></div><div data-component="caption-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 bdPeAJ"><figcaption class="sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw">Kofi Annan accepts his Nobel Peace Prize</figcaption></div><div data-component="ad-slot" data-testid="ad-unit" class="sc-d2ebd0a7-0 iayHyW"><div data-testid="dotcom-mid_2" id="dotcom-mid_2" class="dotcom-ad"></div></div><figure><div data-component="image-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG"><div data-testid="image" class="sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC"><img src="/bbcx/grey-placeholder.png" class="sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script"/><img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcSet="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/6CEE/production/_103068872_b10647da-addc-4a97-95f2-efb7b8003261.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/6CEE/production/_103068872_b10647da-addc-4a97-95f2-efb7b8003261.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/6CEE/production/_103068872_b10647da-addc-4a97-95f2-efb7b8003261.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/6CEE/production/_103068872_b10647da-addc-4a97-95f2-efb7b8003261.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/6CEE/production/_103068872_b10647da-addc-4a97-95f2-efb7b8003261.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/6CEE/production/_103068872_b10647da-addc-4a97-95f2-efb7b8003261.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/6CEE/production/_103068872_b10647da-addc-4a97-95f2-efb7b8003261.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/6CEE/production/_103068872_b10647da-addc-4a97-95f2-efb7b8003261.jpg.webp" alt="AFP Former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan and his wife Nane leave the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) in Amsterdam on 30 April 2013" class="sc-a34861b-0 efFcac"/><span class="sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK">AFP</span></div></div><div data-component="caption-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 bdPeAJ"><figcaption class="sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw">Kofi Annan's wife, Nane, was by his side when he died</figcaption></div></figure><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Kofi Annan described his greatest achievement as the Millennium Development Goals which - for the first time - set global targets on issues such as poverty and child mortality.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">However, Annan was not immune from criticism. His critics blamed him for the UN's failure to halt the genocide in Rwanda in the 1990s when he was head of the organisation's peacekeeping operations. </p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Later, after the US-led invasion of Iraq, he and his son were accused of being involved in the "oil for food corruption scandal" that led some to call for his resignation, though <a target="_self" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4391031.stm" class="sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB">he was later exonerated</a>. </p></div><div data-component="video-block" data-testid="fabl-video-container" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG"></div><div data-component="caption-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 bdPeAJ"><figcaption class="sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw">Annan told the BBC in April that the world had become "particularly messy"</figcaption></div><div data-component="ad-slot" data-testid="ad-unit" class="sc-d2ebd0a7-0 iayHyW"><div data-testid="dotcom-mid_3" id="dotcom-mid_3" class="dotcom-ad"></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">In an interview with the BBC's HardTalk to mark his 80th birthday in April, Annan acknowledged the UN's shortcomings, saying it "can be improved, it is not perfect but if it didn't exist you would have to create it".</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">"I am a stubborn optimist, I was born an optimist and will remain an optimist," he added.</p></div><figure><div data-component="image-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 gfTVSf"><div data-testid="image" class="sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC"><img src="/bbcx/grey-placeholder.png" class="sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script"/><img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcSet="" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/mcs/media/images/76020000/jpg/_76020974_line976.jpg" alt="line" class="sc-a34861b-0 jEULYT"/></div></div></figure><div data-component="subheadline-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 eeiVGB"><h2 class="sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla">Remembering Kofi Annan</h2></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe"><b id="by-imogen-foulkes,-bbc's-un-reporter-in-geneva" class="sc-7dcfb11b-0 kVRnKf">By Imogen Foulkes, BBC's UN reporter in Geneva</b></p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Kofi Annan will be remembered for the way he drew attention, over and over again, to the plight of those caught up in war, environmental disaster, or simply grinding poverty. </p></div><div data-component="ad-slot" data-testid="ad-unit" class="sc-d2ebd0a7-0 iayHyW"><div data-testid="dotcom-mid_4" id="dotcom-mid_4" class="dotcom-ad"></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">The way he quietly but firmly reminded world leaders, however powerful, that they needed to put their duty to their citizens above their political careers.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe"><a target="_self" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45234600" class="sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB">Read more from Imogen</a></p></div><figure><div data-component="image-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 gfTVSf"><div data-testid="image" class="sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC"><img src="/bbcx/grey-placeholder.png" class="sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script"/><img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcSet="" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/mcs/media/images/76020000/jpg/_76020974_line976.jpg" alt="line" class="sc-a34861b-0 jEULYT"/></div></div></figure><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Current UN chief Antonio Guterres has been leading the tributes to his predecessor, describing Annan as "a guiding force for good".</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">"In many ways, Kofi Annan was the United Nations. 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He was a friend to thousands and a leader of millions.\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Zeid Raad Al Hussein (@raad_zeid) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/raad_zeid/status/1030754311284961280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003eAugust 18, 2018\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n","maxWidth":550}},{"type":"image","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"altText","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"Presentational white space","attributes":[]}}]}}]}},{"type":"rawImage","model":{"height":1,"width":624,"locator":"604B/production/_97415642_007_in_numbers_624.png","originCode":"cpsprodpb","copyrightHolder":"BBC"}}]}},{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","model":{"text":"Tributes have been pouring in from world leaders and diplomats, including UK Prime Minister Theresa May and Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg.","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"Tributes have been pouring in from world leaders and diplomats, including UK ","attributes":[]}},{"type":"urlLink","model":{"text":"Prime Minister Theresa May","locator":"https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45233697","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"Prime Minister Theresa May","attributes":[]}}]}},{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":" and Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg.","attributes":[]}}]}}]}},{"type":"image","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"altText","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"Presentational white space","attributes":[]}}]}}]}},{"type":"rawImage","model":{"height":1,"width":624,"locator":"604B/production/_97415642_007_in_numbers_624.png","originCode":"cpsprodpb","copyrightHolder":"BBC"}}]}},{"type":"advertisement","model":{"adType":"horizontal"},"incrementedType":"mid_6"},{"type":"social","model":{"source":"twitter","href":"https://twitter.com/jensstoltenberg/status/1030760884442939392","html":"\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSaddened to hear that Kofi Annan has passed away. His warmth should never be mistaken for weakness. Annan showed that one can be a great humanitarian and a strong leader at the same time. The UN and the world have lost one of their giants.\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Jens Stoltenberg (@jensstoltenberg) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jensstoltenberg/status/1030760884442939392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003eAugust 18, 2018\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n","maxWidth":550}},{"type":"social","model":{"source":"twitter","href":"https://twitter.com/theresa_may/status/1030764292776386560","html":"\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSad to hear of the death of Kofi Annan. A great leader and reformer of the UN, he made a huge contribution to making the world he has left a better place than the one he was born into. 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