Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
Kofi Annan
Born: April 8, 1938
Died: August 18, 2018 (aged 80)
Bio: Kofi Atta Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006.
Known for:
- Interventions: A Life in War and Peace (2012)
- We the Peoples-- : Nobel Peace Message (2002)
- Basic Facts About the United Nations (2005)
- Confronting Anti-Semitism (2005)
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