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After nearly four decades of service to the United Nations, Kofi Atta
Annan was appointed to lead the organization, marking the first time
that a secretary-general was elected from the ranks of the UN staff.
He succeeded Boutros Boutros-Ghali in December 1996 as the UN's
seventh permanent secretary-general.
Annan's vision for the UN included peacekeeping and establishing
norms for international law, with an emphasis on the values of
equality, tolerance, and human dignity mandated by the UN
charter. He considered the fight against HIV/AIDS to be a personal
priority, and he called for the establishment of a global fund to help
increase the flow of money for healthcare in developing countries. In 1999, Annan facilitated an
international response to widespread violence in East Timor. Not content to focus on the rights
of citizens around the world, Annan also tried to improve the position of women who worked
in the Secretariat of the UN, and he began to build stronger relationships with NGOs. In June
2001, he was unanimously reappointed for a second term as secretary-general. Later that year,
the Nobel committee bestowed the Nobel Peace Prize jointly to Annan and the UN on what was
the hundredth anniversary of the venerable award. Annan's term ended in 2006.
1. Why was Kofi Annan's appointment as the secretary-general of the United Nations a
landmark event for the organization?
2. Give three significant aspects of Annan's vision for the UN.
3. What was one of his contributions to the fight against​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Annan was appointed to lead the organization, marking the first time

that a secretary-general was elected from the ranks of the UN staff.

2.Annan's vision for the UN included peacekeeping and establishing

norms for international law, with an emphasis on the values of

equality, tolerance, and human dignity mandated by the UN

charter. He considered the fight against HIV/AIDS to be a personal

priority, and he called for the establishment of a global fund to help

increase the flow of money for healthcare in developing countries. In 1999, Annan facilitated an

international response to widespread violence in East Timor.

3.In 1999, Annan facilitated an

international response to widespread violence in East Timor. Not content to focus on the rights

of citizens around the world, Annan also tried to improve the position of women who worked

in the Secretariat of the UN, and he began to build stronger relationships with NGOs.